A 12ft-long python was rescued by forest officials from a paddy field in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat on Monday. The snake was later released in the Sundarbans. However, the python had attacked a 15-year-old boy, named Omar Hawladar, during the rescue operations, according to the forest officials. The boy received primary treatment at the Upazila Health Complex. "The reptile weighing 16kg was rescued by the forest department on Monday afternoon from the paddy field in Jilbunia village. It was released in the Sharankhola range of the Sundarbans at night," said Md Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer (East). Read:18-feet long python captured in Bagerhat Originally from the Sundarbans, the python entered the village by crossing the Bhola river, according to the DFO. “In the past one year, more than 100 pythons have been rescued from the Chadpai and Sarankhola range,” said DFO Belayet. He also urged people to inform the forest department whenever they spot any wild animal in their localities rather than harming them.

Forest officials have recovered the carcass of another wild elephant in the Lotmoni hills area of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram. Sources said the locals spotted the carcass of the wild elephant and informed the forest department on Wednesday afternoon. Read: HC directs rapid action against elephant-killing On information, a team from the Banshkhali Forest Department and Livestock Services Department went to the spot with four veterinarians. Jolodi Sanctuary Range Officer Anisuzzaman Sheikh said an autopsy would be conducted to ascertain the exact cause of the elephant's death. Earlier, on November 12, the carcass of another wild elephant was recovered from a paddy field near the Chambal hills area of Chambal union of the same upazila.

Forest officials in a drive detained 10 poachers along with 160 kg of venison from the west bank of Pashur river in the Sundarbans Sunday afternoon. They also seized 200 meters of deer hunting trap, 4 deer horns, 1 woodpecker and 4 boats from their possession, said a press release of Sundarbans West Forest Department. Read: 2 poachers held with venison, legs in Bagerhat The detainees are Sheikh Didar, Sheikh Nizam, Rasel Fakir, Abdus Sobhan Sheikh, Mohammad Afridi, Sheikh Golam Moula, Ziar Sheikh, Shamim Khan, Raj and Abdul Naeem Sheikh. They recovered 4 expired passes of fish and crabs catching from them, the release added. Later, they were handed over to Khulna Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-01.