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Pakistani villagers kill 103 snakes in a single day
Jan 29, 2008, 7:17 GMT
Islamabad - Rural villagers in the eastern Pakistani province of Punjab killed 103 snakes in a single day, media reports said Tuesday.
The onslaught began when a snake appeared as a labourer was digging with a spade to strengthen the bank of a canal in a village near Shaiwal on Monday morning.
He killed the 2-metre snake immediately, but several more snakes emerged, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Dozens of villagers gathered at the site and had killed 103 snakes by afternoon.
The presence of large numbers of snakes spread panic among the villagers, who were moving temporarily to the nearby neighbourhoods.
© 2008 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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mICHEALJun 22nd, 2009 - 12:51:52
I think the Lack of Awareness among people about Snakes led this Sorry Mess with snakes i am shocked to see this kind of Action by the villagers some one must have to call the relevant dept to investigate this..
ahhh !
What one should do now..
Only thing that to make sure this kind of act never happened again and i am requesting Goverment of Pakistan and all Universities of Pakistan and their Zoology Dept. to promote awareness among people about snakes ...most of the snakes are harmless and people donot need to fightened them --- Seriously i am considering adopting one of my own farm / sheltor for Snakes to start this Promoting work --- is nay body is with me.. in this
contact if u r interested in full time research on Snakes ... VOLUNTEER ....
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