Huge Pangolin weighing 35 kgs rescued from Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar,: A huge Pangolin weighing as much as 35 kgs has been rescued from Bhubaneswar, said reports from Thursday. According to reports, the 35 kgs pangolin was rescued from the capital city of Odisha. The forest department rescued the pangolin from the canal bank near Jaripatna in Balipatna area. Reportedly, People spotted the pangolin during their morning walk. After the people informed he forest department, the staff of Mancheswar Forest division rescued the pangolin. The animal has been kept under observation at the forest office.Whether it will be released in the forest or sent
to Nandankanan will be decided after the instructions of the PCCF Wildlife, said City DFO Ajit Kumar Satpathy.Recently in
September, an endangered pangolin was rescued from a village in Bargarh district of Odisha on Wednesday. The pangolin was rescued from the Badimal village under Boden Police Station limits in Padampur Sub Division of the district. As per reports, a few people spotted a live pangolin in the backside of the garden of a house in Badipali today morning. Accordingly, they informed about it to the house owner Krushna Chandra Meher.After knowing about the pangolin Meher went near the pangolin and saw that the information was true. Within no time he informed about it to the Forest Department. After getting information the officers of the Forest Department reached the village and rescued the pangolin.
It has been learnt that the reptile will be released into the Gandhamardan forest. It is to be noted that pangolins are listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and are protected under Indian law. Pangolins are hunted for their scales and meat,
which are in high demand on the black market. The destruction of their natural habitats due to deforestation, urbanization, and infrastructure development has reduced their population.