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- Kerala Forest Department has framed guidelines for rescuing snakes from human dominated places and releasing them in uninhabited areas.
- Thus, Kerala Becoming the first to institutionalize snake handling in the country.
- The move to certify snake handlers comes amid allegations of unscientific approaches by snake catchers that tend to create stress to the animal and pose risk to their and others’ lives.
- Kerala has reported 334 deaths and 1,860 other cases of snake-bites in the past three years.
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