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Hungry python holds
off capture for 4 hours
It took about four hours,
but animal-rescue workers managed to round up this 6-meter-long python
that went hunting in a Sattahip temple, scaring a monk out of his wat.
Patcharapol Panrak
It took about four hours, but animal-rescue workers rounded up a
6-meter-long python that went hunting in a Sattahip temple.
A frightened monk called the Sawang Rojthummasathan Foundation after
midnight Aug. 17 after the snake stole into his dormitory. Weighing more
than 60kg, the giant reptile was looking for his next meal. The monk
didn’t want to be it.
The python didn’t go easily, however. After first wrapping itself around
a tree branch 10 meters in the air, it fought off attempts by
tree-climbing rescuers to capture it. The snake slid over to a thorny
bamboo patch and officers had to climb a rubber tree, reach across and
cut off a branch and snare the snake before it could escape again.
Temple monks said snakes are drawn to the grounds because so many nearby
residents abandon their dogs and cats there, attracting pythons which
love feline for breakfast and canine for dinner.
Rescuers took the python far from people and set it free.
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