At least 29 baby cobras and their mother were killed in different places of Mohonpur and Durgapur upazilas of in Rajshahi in last two days, reports UNB.
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.
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