Muscat Municipality trains team for rescuing snakes

Muscat: Twenty employees of the Health Affairs unit of the Muscat Municipality have been trained in rescuing snakes without causing them any harm. They will work as a specialised team that will handle emergency situations arising out of snake sighting at unlikely places.

The participants were acquainted with the types of snakes commonly found in the Sultanate, their locations, behaviour and the ways to handle poisonous and non-venomous ones. Trainees were also given lessons on ecological balance and the ways of handling snakes without disturbing the former.