Shepherd catches 15-feet long python

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Press Trust of India Vizianagaram (AP)
Last Updated : Jul 20 2015 | 11:07 PM IST
A 15-feet long python, which had swallowed around 50 cattle during the past few months was trapped at Mavudi village here today, a forest official said.
A shepherd, K Ramarao whose kids had gone missing for the past few months, found a python in his cattleshed beside which he also found five dead children.
He caught the snake with the help of locals and informed forest officials who took the python away.
The shepherd said that the snake had killed around 12 kids in the past two days.
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First Published: Jul 20 2015 | 11:07 PM IST

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