A 12 feet long python was rescued by the wildlife rescue team of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Hemmigepura area here on Monday. The python was found in the compound of a house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Ward No. 198 in Hemmigepura, which is located near Turahalli forest reserve area.

Karnataka: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) forest cell wildlife rescue team rescued a 12-feet python which was found at Hemmigepura ward. It was brought to BBMP head office and later released back to safe habitat in Turahalli Reserve Forest. pic.twitter.com/s2nrKsorVd

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Mohan, a member of the BBMP wildlife rescue team, said that due to changes in weather in Bengaluru, nocturnal species like pythons and sand boas are moving out from the forest in search of food.