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Watch villagers save drowning leopard in dramatic rescue

After a big team effort, animal rescue experts and villagers saved a leopard from drowning in a large open well in India.

After a big team effort, animal rescue experts and villagers saved a leopard from drowning in a large open well in India.  The rescue took place Sunday in Pimpalgaon Siddhanath village, in the Junnar division of Maharashtra, in west-central India (the state is best known for the city Mumbai).

That morning, a resident heard the distressed cries of an animal bellowing from the bottom of a 60-foot (18-meters) well.  The farmer contacted officials at the country's forest department, who in turn reached out to the nearby Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Centre, which is run by the nonprofit animal advocacy organization Wildlife SOS. The center oversees the care of 31 leopards that have been rescued from similar encounters.  

After getting the call, three Wildlife SOS staff members and six forest department officials rushed to the well, led by Wildlife SOS veterinarian Ajay Deshmukh.

"The terrified leopard was on the verge of drowning and was desperately clinging onto a rope to stay afloat," the group writes in a statement.  

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The animal likely fell in the well while chasing prey, the group adds.

Once assembled, the team sprang into action.

First, they lowered a wooden platform into the well. The leopard climbed on board, exhausted. 

Next, the team lowered a cage.  

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At first, the frightened cat swiped at the metal cage. But eventually, it jumped into the box.

The villagers and rescuers then carefully hoisted it up.  The leopard, a four-year-old female, was examined and found to be in good health, then released back into the wild.  

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"This is an incredible, heartwarming story of a community coming together for the benefit of wildlife," says Luke Dollar, a conservation biologist who runs National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative.

Watch the rescue below!

 

via National Geographic

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