(IN) Mumbai's top snake-man falls to cobra attack

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Dear All,

 

Many animals, wildlife lovers keep exotic pets & wild reptiles at home &

private farms across Asia. But it is dangerous. I have lost one of my

friends. We all must take lesson from below incident. Keeping reptiles

at home is really dangerous.

 

 

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Nilesh

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NileshBhanage

Monday, October 26, 2009 3:41 PM

Mumbai's top snake-man falls to cobra attack

 

Mumbai's top snake-man falls to cobra attack

Published on Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 20:20,

Updated on Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 22:55

 

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Mumbai: Mumbai's well-known snake-catcher and conservationist Sunil S

Ranade, credited with rescuing over 15,000 snakes in the past 15 years,

died after being bitten by a cobra on Sunday, an official said.

 

 

Ranade, 37, is has reportedly rescued snakes, reptiles and other wild

creatures since over two decades. He worked as animal inspector with the

136-year-old Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in its Parel

hospital, according to Col J C Khanna, the SPCA secretary.

 

" Yesterday (on Saturday), he had rescued a cobra from somewhere and had

kept it in a container in his home in the hospital premises. Around 0230

hrs IST, he had gone to feed the creature when it suddenly attacked him.

It's a truly an unfortunate incident. " Khanna, a member of Animal

Welfare Board of India, told IANS.

 

At the time of the incident, his wife with their two daughters - aged 10

and 3 - had gone to his father-in-law's home in Malad suburb.

 

Hearing a commotion from Ranade's quarters, some neighbours and other

staffers rushed there to see him lying semi-conscious and writhing in

pain.

 

They summoned an ambulance and shifted him to a nearby hospital where he

succumbed after a few minutes.

 

" He was an expert on reptiles, especially snakes. He even had emergency

vaccines and a pump to remove poison at home. Despite all precautions,

we are sad that he met his end in this manner, " Khanna said.

 

The incident is akin to the death of the famous Australian

conservationist Steve Irwin in September 2006 when he was shooting for a

TV Channel programme undersea when a poisonous stingray (fish) attacked

him. Steve died later.

 

Khanna assured Ranade's family that since he was the sole breadwinner,

the organisation would provide all necessary assistance to his surviving

family members.

 

Ranade was the first person Mumbaikars would contact in case of any

encounters with reptiles or other wild creatures in and around the city.

 

During the great Mumbai floods of July 26, 2005, Ranade had rescued

nearly 100 snakes from different parts of the city and after treating

them, released them in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).