Nine huge pythons that were saved from settlements in Indonesia have been released back into the wild.<br /><br />In footage filmed in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra province on Sunday (May 17), volunteers from the Bukittinggi Reptile Animal Community (B-Reptanic) took out a snake-filled cage to its secretariat yard.<br /><br />Most of these pythons have recovered from major injuries and were faced with death as they would have been killed by residents who find them in houses and cattle sheds.<br /><br />Nine eight to 13-foot long python were rescued from residents' homes in the past two months have been quarantined and treated for healing.<br /><br />The snakes put in sacks and bags then taken to the wild far away from settlements in the Sianok canyon area in Agam district.<br /><br />Mutiara Annisa, B-Reptanic volunteer said, while staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic many people found snakes coming into their homes.<br /><br />Residents who find snakes are asked not to kill as volunteers will catch them.<br /><br />According to Annisa, snakes released into their habitat to maintain the ecosystem balance.
