Hiss story: Meet India’s urban snake-catchers


When two cobras entered a government school in Mambakkam, Chennai, Nishanth Ravi got a call for help. When the 25-year-old arrived, he found the snakes blocking the entrance of a classroom full of children.

"The snakes were more than 5.5ft and aggressive so it took all my skills to move them away so that the children could first get out and then I catch them," says Ravi, who gave up a prospective career in chemical engineering to focus on wildlife conservation. He, along with animal welfare activist Shravan Krishnan, work in tandem with the forest department to attend to snake rescue calls across the city. Meet the new-age snake-catchers of India. While tribes like the Irulas have been rushing to the rescue for years, urbanites are now playing conservationist. With cities expanding, there is growing man-animal conflict.....................Read more

 

Source: The Times of India


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