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- Authorities in Hyderabad seized an Indian rock python and a chicken from a traveling dance troupe on September 20.
- The animals were being used for public entertainment during Ganesh Visarjan celebrations.
- Volunteers from the Greater Hyderabad Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals tracked the group for several days before securing the arrest.
- A veterinary examination revealed the python was suffering from an oral infection caused by the abuse.
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- Follow-up legal action by police and the Forest Department against the accused handlers
- Ongoing recovery of the rescued Indian rock python under the care of the Forest Department
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