Snakes rescued from the clutches of snake charmers
A training camp was arranged at the office of Sahayog organisation for the volunteers to give them adequate technique to how to handle the snakes in public. 42 volunteers from various organisations attended the training.
OUR VOLUNTEERS rescued forty two snakes from various parts of Hyderabad which include Goshamahal, Narayanguda, Feelkhana, Begumbazar, and Jeedimetla. This year the number is very less due to the awareness among devotees. Snake charmers were also not entering into the city due to strict vigil by police department and RTC officials. Mahesh Agarwal, secretary of Sahayog organisation (World Society for Protection of Animals) and Bharatiya Prani Mitra Sangh told that during Nagpanchami festival several so-called snake charmers handle snakes in a very cruel manner, these snake charmers misguide people with myths and collect money. To curb these activities volunteers from various animal welfare organisation ie, Bharatiya Prani Mitra Sangh, Sahayog Organisation, and Friends of Snakes get together and jointly move around the city confiscating snakes from the snake charmers. The volunteers will move around the city for two days in four wheelers and on two wheelers.
The Member of Andhra Pradesh State Animal Welfare Board Mahesh Agarwal told that for the past five year they have rescued 450 snakes in and around Hyderabad. As per the directions of the forest department the snakes are given treatment and released into their natural habitat. The forest as well as police department has been helping them in this process.
Snakes are protected under Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, they are government property. Possession or use of any snake for any kind of performance is illegal and a punishable offence.
Snakes are caught from the wilds and kept in small boxes, plastic jars, sacks, baskets, or earthen pots. They are starved and their fangs brutally pulled out. Their mouths are then stitched shut, sometimes with a space left for their tongue to come out. Spectators are to believe that snakes dance to music but this is not true because snakes don’t have ears. They sway to the movements of the flutes and spread their hoods to defend themselves. The Haldi, Kumkum and Gulal put on the snakes inevitable enter their eyes, blinding some of them because of their lead content. Only mammals can produce and drink milk. Snakes, being reptiles, do not normally drink milk but because they are kept without food and water for days, try to drink milk in an attempt to rehydrate. As the month of August begins, so do the preparations for Nagpanchami, which include capturing snakes.
Snakes are captured and kept in suffocating bags, kept in tiny boxes and starved. The snakes' venom ducts are often pierced with a hot needle, which causes the glands to burst. Some snakes go blind because the ‘tikka’, which is applied to their hoods during pooja, trickles into the snakes' eyes. Snake charmers set up their baskets on busy street corners and at public festivals. Most snakes shun human contact and would rather flee than fight. But snakes used in these performances are forced to interact with noisy crowds, and they are subjected to excessive human contact.
Sahayog organisation is running a 24 hours helpline in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh for snake rescue.
Snakes are caught from the wilds and kept in small boxes, plastic jars, sacks, baskets, or earthen pots. They are starved and their fangs brutally pulled out. Their mouths are then stitched shut, sometimes with a space left for their tongue to come out. Spectators are to believe that snakes dance to music but this is not true because snakes don’t have ears. They sway to the movements of the flutes and spread their hoods to defend themselves. The Haldi, Kumkum and Gulal put on the snakes inevitable enter their eyes, blinding some of them because of their lead content. Only mammals can produce and drink milk. Snakes, being reptiles, do not normally drink milk but because they are kept without food and water for days, try to drink milk in an attempt to rehydrate. As the month of August begins, so do the preparations for Nagpanchami, which include capturing snakes.
Snakes are captured and kept in suffocating bags, kept in tiny boxes and starved. The snakes' venom ducts are often pierced with a hot needle, which causes the glands to burst. Some snakes go blind because the ‘tikka’, which is applied to their hoods during pooja, trickles into the snakes' eyes. Snake charmers set up their baskets on busy street corners and at public festivals. Most snakes shun human contact and would rather flee than fight. But snakes used in these performances are forced to interact with noisy crowds, and they are subjected to excessive human contact.
Sahayog organisation is running a 24 hours helpline in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh for snake rescue.
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