Cobra trapped in brush cutter blade rescued after two-hour effort in Karnataka's Bantwal taluk

Mangaluru: A cobra that got trapped in the blade of a brush cutter at a house in Anantadi village of Bantwal taluk was rescued by snake rescuer Tejas Puttur after two hours of effort.

The family of Purushotham Gowda had kept eggs in a bucket and had placed a brush cutter’s blade over it.

The snake is believed to have entered the bucket in an attempt to eat the eggs and got trapped.

Tejas carried out the rescue operation in the presence of Forest Department staff member Dayanand. As the cobra has a slight injury, it will be kept under observation for two days before being released back into the wild.

In a separate incident, a porcupine, that had fallen into a well at Kedila in Bantwal was also rescued and released into the wild by Tejas.