A total of 63 endangered turtles belonging to five species, which were rescued in Pune, have been brought to their native habitat in northeast India after an 18-hour-long flight journey.The endangered species have been housed at the Assam State .
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Compared to the incident in Kothrud, where a huge crowd had gathered and there was some chaos as the Gaur kept on moving, the coordination and initial response of government agencies seemed streamlined on Tuesday. However, a significantly large crowd of onlookers did gather at the spot, especially on the bridge above the stream on the bypass road. Police and forest officials had to keep dispersing the crowd throughout the day. The situation coincidently arose just a day after a workshop was held for staff of Pune forest division, on the topic of ‘man animal conflict in urban setting’, in the wake of the Kothrud incident.