# 9-foot king cobra that swallowed another snake rescued in Odisha 2026-08-27T11:10:43+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A nine-foot-long king cobra that had swallowed another snake was rescued from Dahaka Bandha Sahi in the Chikiti area of Ganjam district, Odisha, on Thursday. The snake was unable to move after its meal, and local residents alerted the Forest Department. A team from the Snake Helpline and the Forest Department reached the spot and carried out the rescue carefully. No injuries were reported to residents or rescuers. The snake was later taken away from the residential area and safely released into the forest. Officials and snake rescuers handled the situation with caution, as the king cobra is a highly venomous snake that can become dangerous if threatened. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The king cobra, a Schedule II protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, is common in Odisha's forested and peri-urban areas but rarely sighted during a feeding event. Swallowing another snake leaves it sluggish and vulnerable, which is when human-snake conflict typically peaks. The Odisha Forest Department, through its network of snake helplines, handles hundreds of such rescues each year, though data on post-flood incidents is not centrally tracked. With monsoon flooding forcing snakes into human settlements, residents in Ganjam and neighbouring districts should expect more such encounters over the next fortnight as waters recede. ## Coverage - odishatv.in Straight factual account of a wildlife rescue with no political or ideological framing. This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: forest department, Ganjam, King Cobra, Odisha, Snake Helpline Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/9-foot-king-cobra-that-swallowed-another-snake-rescued-in-odisha/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/9-foot-king-cobra-that-swallowed-another-snake-rescued-in-odisha/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/