panaji open a snake zoo in goa and provide incentives to local snake rescuers opposition mlas told the forest minister filipe neri rodrigues on thursday impressing upon him the need to protect reptiles from rapid encroachment on their habitatsmandrem mla laxmikant parsekar said that local animal lovers who rescue snakes and leave them back into the forests should be either employed on contract basis by the forest department or provided incentives on every animal or reptile taken back to their habitat he said that this will provide encouragement to the animal rescuers to carry on the much needed job of rescuing the creatures bjp mla rajesh patnekar on the other hand said that a snake zoo should be envisioned to house the reptiles which will not only provide them with a home but also serve as a learning aid to viewers we have several animal rescuers in the state like the wellknown amrut singh in bicholim who rescue these reptiles and animals and take them back to their natural habitat there are several such rescuers the government should consider making a team of such rescuers who will hand over the animals to the forest department which can then be put in the zoo we can have such a snake zoo as there is in pune and other places patnekar saidmla vasudev gaonkar said that the forest department should remove the fees charged on school children to view the governments botanical garden as such trips serve an educational purpose therefore he said that such a fee is uncalled for