Phulbani, Dec 31 (PTI) A pangolin was rescued, and two persons arrested while trying to sell it in Odisha's Kandhamal district, an official said on Friday.

A special squad of the forest department rescued the pangolin from Jubaguda Square near Srirampur in the Kotagarh forest range on Thursday, he said.

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The accused were arrested on charges of illegal transportation and the sale of the pangolin.

The rescued three-foot female pangolin would be handed to the authorities of the Nandankanan Zoological Park, Kotagarh Forest Range Officer Surya Kanta Behera said.

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