Python captured after killing chicken in Betong, Yala

Thairath•Society•12m ago

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Rescue volunteers captured a 4-meter reticulated python that killed a chicken in a coop in Betong District, Yala Province.

•A reticulated python approximately 4 meters long and 10 kilograms in weight was captured on November 13, 2026.
•The incident occurred at a chicken coop near house number 102/4, Ban Bannang Sinae, Yaram Subdistrict, Betong District, Yala Province.
•The python killed one chicken before hiding in an egg nest.
•The capture was coordinated by the President of the Betong Animal Lovers Club and Muslim Betong Emergency Medical and Rescue Volunteers.

•At approximately 5:00 AM, a villager heard chickens screaming and saw a reticulated python constricting a chicken.
•At 7:00 AM on November 13, 2026, Ms. Phatcharin Prathummek received a request for assistance to capture the snake.
•Ms. Phatcharin Prathummek coordinated with Muslim Betong Emergency Medical and Rescue Volunteers to deploy equipment for the capture.
•The reticulated python was found resting calmly in an egg nest lined with straw inside the chicken coop.
•The captured reticulated python measured approximately 4 meters in length and weighed approximately 10 kilograms.
•One chicken was found dead due to constriction by the reticulated python, while other chickens were startled.
•Muslim Betong Emergency Medical and Rescue Volunteers used a snake hook to remove the reticulated python and placed it in a sack.
•The reticulated python was taken to be released back into the natural forest.

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Phatcharin Prathummek(พัชรรินทร์ ประทุมเมฆ)

President of the Betong Animal Lovers Club who coordinated the snake capture.

Betong Animal Lovers Club(ชมรมคนรักสัตว์บตง)

An organization whose president was notified to help capture a python.

Muslim Betong Emergency Medical and Rescue Volunteers(อาสาสมัครกู้ชีพกู้ภัยมุสลิมเบตง)

The rescue unit that provided equipment and personnel to capture the python.

Ban Bannang Sinae, Moo 7, Yaram Subdistrict, Betong District, Yala Province(บ้านบันนังสิแน ม.7 ต.ยะรม อ.เบตง จ.ยะลา)

The location of the chicken coop where the python was found.

Reader Briefing

Rescue volunteers captured a 4-meter reticulated python that killed a chicken in a coop in Betong District, Yala Province.

•A reticulated python approximately 4 meters long and 10 kilograms in weight was captured on November 13, 2026.

•The incident occurred at a chicken coop near house number 102/4, Ban Bannang Sinae, Yaram Subdistrict, Betong District, Yala Province.

•The python killed one chicken before hiding in an egg nest.

•The capture was coordinated by the President of the Betong Animal Lovers Club and Muslim Betong Emergency Medical and Rescue Volunteers.

•At approximately 5:00 AM, a villager heard chickens screaming and saw a reticulated python constricting a chicken.
•At 7:00 AM on November 13, 2026, Ms. Phatcharin Prathummek received a request for assistance to capture the snake.
•Ms. Phatcharin Prathummek coordinated with Muslim Betong Emergency Medical and Rescue Volunteers to deploy equipment for the capture.
•The reticulated python was found resting calmly in an egg nest lined with straw inside the chicken coop.
•The captured reticulated python measured approximately 4 meters in length and weighed approximately 10 kilograms.
•One chicken was found dead due to constriction by the reticulated python, while other chickens were startled.
•Muslim Betong Emergency Medical and Rescue Volunteers used a snake hook to remove the reticulated python and placed it in a sack.
•The reticulated python was taken to be released back into the natural forest.

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