Pangolin rescued in Tiptur

TUMKUR: From small to big ones and from dangerous to harmless - the wild animals keep visiting the human spaces perhaps due to their habitat loss in the district.After a couple of jungle cats being rescued on Sunday at Bommanahalli village near here, a pangolin was rescued in residential area in Tiptur on Monday night.The harmless animal had paid a surprise visit at the house of a resident Umesh, at Beeraiah garden in Shankarappa lay out at around 9 pm. It amused the family members and the neighbours who had gathered to have a glimpse of it.A youth named Darshan managed to rescue it and handed it over to the Forest officials.