Damkarmat Pekalongan Releases 10 Pythons Into The Protected Forest

The Fire and Rescue Team for the Pekalongan City Civil Service Police Unit is releasing 10 pythons into a protected forest, Monday (22/2/4/2024). (ANTARA/Kutnadi)

The Fire and Rescue Rescue Team (Damkarmat) of the Civil Service Police Unit of Pekalongan City, Central Java, released as many as 10 pythons from the evacuation of residents' houses to the Pekalongan Protected Forest.

Field Executor of the RescueDamkarmat Team, Civil Service Police Unit of Pekalongan City, Yudha Wijaya, said 10 pythons of various sizes were found in a number of residents' houses.

"We have released the python to a location far from residential areas so that it can live and find food in the wild," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, April 22.

The 10 pythons consist of two small snakes and eight mature snakes measuring about four meters long.

Yudha Wijaya said that during 2023-2024, his party had evacuated 107 snakes, 37 of which had been released into their habitat.

The release of the snake, he said, was carried out to protect the ecosystem and food chain in nature, as well as the form of responsibility of the city government not to buy and sell snakes but to release them into their habitat.

He hopes that residents will find snakes in their homes so they don't panic and pay attention to the direction of the animals, and immediately report them to number [phone] or 08562549112.

"If a snake suddenly enters the room, we ask that it be closed from outside, pay attention and monitor from the outside until the rescue team arrives to evacuate the snake," he said.