PAMPORE: Wildlife SOS team rescued a Levantine Viper locally known as Gunas inside a residential house at Athwajan Panthachowk area of Srinagar district on late Friday evening.
Panic gripped the family members and neighbours after about 4-feet-long Levantine Viper ( Gunas ) was found inside the house of Haji Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, resident of Athwajan.
The panic-stricken family immediately contacted Aaliya Mir, Project Manager and Education Officer Wildlife SOS.
She along with other team members immediately reached the spot and rescued a four-feet Levantine Viper from a plinth of wall after 15 minutes of operation.
Talking to Kashmir Reader Aaliya Mir said that this year she rescued more than 15 Levantine Viper and hundreds of snakes both venomous and non Venomous in different areas of the valley.
I received a call on Friday evening from a house owner that they saw a Levantine Viper (Gunas) inside the house. We reached there in 25 minutes,” Aliya told Kashmir Reader, adding they retrieved the Levantine Viper.
“This was a challenging task because the rescue was to be carried out during night but thanks to the young locals of the place who helped me to locate this. It was a big Levantine Viper. It is most venomous. I appeal to locals not to throw garbage around their houses because it attracts rats and the snake follows rats,” Aliya Mir, project manager and education officer, SOS wildlife, told Kashmir Reader.
The panicked family members and local residents of the area appreciated the Wildlife SOS team led by Aaliya Mir for rescuing Gunas in the area.
Earlier, this week Aaliya Mir along with her team rescued a Rat Snake at Saffron Town Pampore.
Wildlife SOS team, led by Aaliya Mir, rescued a Rat Snake in the premises of residential house of Abdul Gani Najar at Drangbal Pampore.
With catching the snake, around 5-6 households heaved a sigh of relief.
For the last two days they had limited their children indoors.
Panic gripped the family members and neighbours after a 5 foot-long snake was found in the residential house.
The family contacted Wildlife SOS Project Manager Aaliya Mir.
She visited the spot along with a team and rescued a five-foot rat snake.
The residents of the area thanked Aaliya Mir and her team.
The local residents appreciated her for relieving the area from the Snake scare.

BILAL HABIB