The Karnataka Forest Department has actually released a functional handbook for licensed snake rescuers in an effort to simplify the rescue work to alleviate the human-snake dispute.
Karnataka is house to 10 of the 18 households of snakes understood worldwide. The manual entitled ‘Reliable Human-Snake Dispute Management and Mitigation’ notes that city growth has actually caused snakes and people dealing with each other more often than ever. “Out of the around 1.4 lakh worldwide yearly deaths due to poisonous snakebite, an approximated 58,000 to 62,000 happen in India,” it stated.
The handbook, prepared by Gerard Martin of Liana Trust, Sumanth Bindumadhav of Humane Society International/India and herpetologist Romulus Whitaker, offers fundamental understanding of the snakes, from taxonomy and anatomy to snake bite management, besides laying the guideline under the Wildlife Security Act 1972.
” Snake rescue has actually ended up being a feasible method for youth to make fast cash while likewise acquiring adulation on social networks. This has actually caused a boost in the frequency of mishaps,” the handbook stated.
Unscientific moving has actually likewise caused the death of the snakes due to hunger. The handbook offers essential standards to make sure the security of individuals’s life along with the snakes.