The Times of India - West Side Plus15 October 2008
A three-feet-long Monitor Lizard was rescued from Shivpuri Pragati Madanal’s concrete jungle, on Pipari Pada Road, Malad East on Friday, October 10, 2008. The lizard was regular visitor to residents of Madanal. Says Sunish Subramanian, Founder & Secretary, Plant & Animals Welfare Society- Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai), “The monitor lizard had become a regular visitor at the homes of residents of this slum pocket. Residents of plot number 267 at Gokul Dham Market had been calling us since Wednesday, October 8. However, in spite an intensive manhunt we were unable to locate and rescue the lizard.”
Continues Subramanian, “However, finally on Friday, October 10, on receiving a call, we reached the spot immediately. But lizard escaped through a hole in one of the houses. This time with a determination to rescue it, we checked the roofs where the lizard was spotted that evening. After three hours, we located the lizard lying underneath a plastic sheet on the roof of one of the house.”
Says a resident, “At first sight, we couldn’t believe our eyes. First sight, because it was so huge, and secondly, we mistook it for a baby crocodile from its appearance. It sped so fast when we tried to reach it that we got terrified. Therefore instead of catching it ourselves, we decided to call PAWS-Mumbai members.”
PAWS-Mumbai has already informed the forest officers, and it will soon be released in the supervision of forest staff.
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