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PIL seeks proper rehabilitation of king cobra [1]

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking proper rehabilitation of a King Cobra that is under the care of the Solapur Municipal Corporation (SMC). The cobra was rescued from a monk and handed over to SMC by forest department officials in 2007. Petitioner Gururaj Pore had helped the officials to rescue the cobra.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2010
Indian Express (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [3], Wildlife [4], Snakes [5], Wildlife Management [6], High Court [7], Maharashtra [8]
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