The Forest Department released a 15-foot python in Kaptai National Park on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 UNB
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Publish : 22 Dec 2021, 07:33 PMUpdate : 02 Jan 2022, 11:02 AM
A 15-foot python was released in Kaptai National Park after locals caught it when it entered the locality in Rangamati early Wednesday.
Taranmani Tanchangya, a resident of the area, spotted the python in the forest of the Sericulture Research Centre area in Chandraghona union in Kaptai upazila and put it in a sack tactfully and informed the Forest Department.
Later, Tanjilur Rahman, Kaptai Range officer of Chittagong Hill Tracts Southern Forest Department, released the python in Kaptai National Park under the Forest Department.
He also said the python weighing 20-25kg is doing well. “It might have entered the locality in search of food at night.”
Kaptai Upazila Nirbahi Officer Muntasir Jahan and Assistant Forest Conservator (ACF) Ganga Prasad Chakma, of Chittagong Hill Tracts Southern Forest Department, were present.
Python released in Kaptai National Park
A 15-foot python was released in Kaptai National Park after locals caught it when it entered the locality in Rangamati early Wednesday.
Taranmani Tanchangya, a resident of the area, spotted the python in the forest of the Sericulture Research Centre area in Chandraghona union in Kaptai upazila and put it in a sack tactfully and informed the Forest Department.
Later, Tanjilur Rahman, Kaptai Range officer of Chittagong Hill Tracts Southern Forest Department, released the python in Kaptai National Park under the Forest Department.
He also said the python weighing 20-25kg is doing well. “It might have entered the locality in search of food at night.”
Kaptai Upazila Nirbahi Officer Muntasir Jahan and Assistant Forest Conservator (ACF) Ganga Prasad Chakma, of Chittagong Hill Tracts Southern Forest Department, were present.
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