panaji the forest department is conducting an inquiry into whether four wild animals found in the premises of a parish house in usgao were being kept in captivity to be released into the wild or as pets after a complaint from an ngo union of wildlife activists a raid was conducted at the usgao church premises recently by the north goa division and bondla wildlife staff seized a mugger crocodile indian rock python mongoose and a parakeet we shifted the four animals to bondla and an inquiry is in progress subdivisional forest officer ponda pradip verekar saidparish priest of usgao church fr felix lobo said when people find injured wild animals in or near their homes they approach him for help usgao is located on the border of forest areas and animals often stray into habitations i keep them temporarily here till their injuries are healed he said the four animals were found in captivity but two other animals a peacock and a porcupine which were also being kept in the premises could not be found stressing that he does the work to protect animals and help the forest department he added the animals are released or handed over to the bondla zoo after they recover from their injuries he added a forest official conceded that he is well known for sheltering the animals but he was not aware if the priest had handed over wild animals to bondla