Srilanka, Dec. 9 -- The Deputy Director of the Dehiwala National Zoological Gardens, Hemantha Samarasekara, stated that a complaint was filed with the Dehiwala Police regarding the disappearance of an anaconda.

The Deputy Director noted that the juvenile anaconda, which was kept in a glass-enclosed cage in the reptile garden of the zoo, went missing last Sunday (07).

The police and a team of the zoo staff began investigations to find the anaconda.

Hemantha Samarasekara stated it cannot be definitively said whether the juvenile, known as a Yellow Anaconda, was stolen by someone or exited through a small hole in the glass cage.

The Anaconda disappeared while zoo authorities kept it under quarantine within the reptile garden.

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