Keeper dies of snakebite at Thiruvananthapuram zoo
The Hindu
He is thought to have been bitten by a king cobra
A 45-year-old animal keeper at the Thiruvananthapuram zoo died on Thursday afternoon following a snakebite. The deceased, A. Harshad, is thought to have been bitten by a king cobra while cleaning a shift cage in the reptile house. Harshad was engaged in cleaning the king cobra enclosure. He cleaned the main enclosure after shifting the snake to the shift cage. The reptile is supposed to be transferred back to the main closure before cleaning the shift cage. But it is thought that Harshad tried to clean it with the snake inside, said zoo Director S. Abu.More Related News
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