29 Pythons Captured In Drain Behind Restaurant In Shah Alam

SHAH ALAM, Twenty-eight baby pythons and their mother were captured by a team of rescuers in a drain behind a restaurant in Section 20 near here last night. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deputy director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said they received a distress call about the snakes being spotted at the location at 9.56 pm and a team of six rescuers from Shah Alam fire and rescue station was mobilised. 'At the scene, they found what appeared to be 28 newly-hatched baby pythons, along with their mother, slithering in the drain,' he said in a statement today. Ahmad Mukhlis said the reptiles were all captured within 12 minutes before being released at a safer place. Source : BERNAMA News Agency