<p>For the first time in Maharashtra, a King Cobra, nearly 11-feet-long, has been rescued and released in the wild.</p>.<p>The rescue was undertaken by the Spreading Awareness on Reptiles & Rehabilitation Program (SARRP), an NGO.</p>.<p>“This is the first documented rescue of the world’s longest venomous snake, King Cobras from the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra,” said SARRP-India’s founder-president Santosh Shinde.</p>.<p>The King Cobra rescue and release was reported from Dodamarg block in Sindhudurg district on the coastal Konkan belt of Maharashtra.</p>.<p>Rahul Niralgi, a wildlife rescuer of SARRP-INDIA rescued the snake from a village Dodamarg.</p>.<p>Rahul received a distress call on the 24X7 Helpline number for the Sindhudurg district recently.</p>.<p>He reached the spot and identified the snake as King Cobra perched on bamboo. M He carefully rescued the snake and updated the administration team of SARRP-INDIA.</p>.<p>Simultaneously, Chitra Pednekar from the administration team of SARRP India updated the concerned officials of the forest department of Maharashtra.</p>.<p>The snake was released in its natural habitat under the supervision of forest department officials of Dodamarg block.</p>
<p>For the first time in Maharashtra, a King Cobra, nearly 11-feet-long, has been rescued and released in the wild.</p>.<p>The rescue was undertaken by the Spreading Awareness on Reptiles & Rehabilitation Program (SARRP), an NGO.</p>.<p>“This is the first documented rescue of the world’s longest venomous snake, King Cobras from the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra,” said SARRP-India’s founder-president Santosh Shinde.</p>.<p>The King Cobra rescue and release was reported from Dodamarg block in Sindhudurg district on the coastal Konkan belt of Maharashtra.</p>.<p>Rahul Niralgi, a wildlife rescuer of SARRP-INDIA rescued the snake from a village Dodamarg.</p>.<p>Rahul received a distress call on the 24X7 Helpline number for the Sindhudurg district recently.</p>.<p>He reached the spot and identified the snake as King Cobra perched on bamboo. M He carefully rescued the snake and updated the administration team of SARRP-INDIA.</p>.<p>Simultaneously, Chitra Pednekar from the administration team of SARRP India updated the concerned officials of the forest department of Maharashtra.</p>.<p>The snake was released in its natural habitat under the supervision of forest department officials of Dodamarg block.</p>