Python severely injured by fishing net survives after surgery in veterinary college in Tirunelveli

In a rare case, veterinarians at the Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCRI) in Tirunelveli on Thursday surgically treated a four-year-old python, which had suffered a severe laceration after being trapped in a fishing net.

The six-foot snake, weighing around four kilograms, was brought in for treatment by Moolakal forest ranger Balasubramanian, with assistance from the Karu Animal Rescue Unit Trust, Veeravanallur. “The local people who spotted the snake mistook it for a viper and alerted the Forest Department. The officials rescued it and presented it for treatment to Dr. Manoharan, a veterinarian in the department. He referred the reptile to us as it required surgery under anaesthesia,” said S.C. Edwin, Dean of the VCRI.