Day after rescue, injured Pangolin treated at SGNP, released in wild

Thane | Saturday | 13th October, 2018

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She was fit to be released into the wild by Friday night,” said Dr Shailesh Pethe, veterinarian at SGNP. She was fit to be released into the wild by Friday night THANE: The rare Pangolin , which was rescued while it was being sold by three people at Balkum on Thursday, was released in the wild late on Friday night.The Pangolin was kept in a small backpack by the trio. She was approximately three years old and was healthy as she weighed around 8kg. The police said that the men — Devji Sawant, Sanjay Bhosale and Ramdas Patil — who were caught while selling the mammal, had brought the mammal from a tribal group near Mahad “They were aware that the mammal’s market price was around Rs 40 lakh..