UNB, Dhaka :
At least 65 baby cobras, including a mother, have been killed in separate incidents in Rajshahi and Natore districts.
In Natore, at least 35 baby cobras were killed and 15 snake eggs destroyed at Madhnagar village in Naldanga upazila on Tuesday night.
Locals said Hasan Uddin Arinda, a resident of the village, found a snake roaming in his house at night and immediately killed it.
After a while, another snake appeared and he killed it too and found three holes inside the house from where the snakes were coming out.
Later, Hasan along with local people found 33 more snakes and killed those one by one. They also destroyed 15 eggs found in the holes.
However, the mother cobra managed to flee.
In Rajshahi, 29 baby cobras and their mother were killed in different places of Mohonpur and Durgapur upazilas of the district in the last two days.
Mainul Islam, a farmer of Bidirpur Fakirpara village on Mohonpur, said his wife
Sumi found a cobra on Tuesday, creating panic among them. Later, they killed a frog and kept it in a hole as a trap.
On Wednesday morning, a big cobra came out of a hole around 2 pm and the locals killed it. They also dug the spot and killed 19 baby cobras and buried those under the earth.
Besides, 10 more baby cobras were killed and 45 eggs destroyed at the house of Abdul Aziz at Haripur village in Durgapur upazila early Wednesday.
With this, a total of 353 cobras were killed in separate incidents in three districts in the last few days.
Earlier, 258 baby snakes were killed in Rajshahi and Satkhira.
In Kushita, at least 70 baby cobras were found at a house of Chuniapara village in Khoksha upazila on Wednesday.
Monoj Thakur said they noticed some cobras on the veranda of their house on Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning, another baby cobra was spotted on the veranda, creating panic among the house inmates.
At least 65 baby cobras, including a mother, have been killed in separate incidents in Rajshahi and Natore districts.
In Natore, at least 35 baby cobras were killed and 15 snake eggs destroyed at Madhnagar village in Naldanga upazila on Tuesday night.
Locals said Hasan Uddin Arinda, a resident of the village, found a snake roaming in his house at night and immediately killed it.
After a while, another snake appeared and he killed it too and found three holes inside the house from where the snakes were coming out.
Later, Hasan along with local people found 33 more snakes and killed those one by one. They also destroyed 15 eggs found in the holes.
However, the mother cobra managed to flee.
In Rajshahi, 29 baby cobras and their mother were killed in different places of Mohonpur and Durgapur upazilas of the district in the last two days.
Mainul Islam, a farmer of Bidirpur Fakirpara village on Mohonpur, said his wife
Sumi found a cobra on Tuesday, creating panic among them. Later, they killed a frog and kept it in a hole as a trap.
On Wednesday morning, a big cobra came out of a hole around 2 pm and the locals killed it. They also dug the spot and killed 19 baby cobras and buried those under the earth.
Besides, 10 more baby cobras were killed and 45 eggs destroyed at the house of Abdul Aziz at Haripur village in Durgapur upazila early Wednesday.
With this, a total of 353 cobras were killed in separate incidents in three districts in the last few days.
Earlier, 258 baby snakes were killed in Rajshahi and Satkhira.
In Kushita, at least 70 baby cobras were found at a house of Chuniapara village in Khoksha upazila on Wednesday.
Monoj Thakur said they noticed some cobras on the veranda of their house on Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning, another baby cobra was spotted on the veranda, creating panic among the house inmates.
