Drowning Leopard

In a heartwarming rescue, a leopard was saved from drowning in a well in Maharashtra, thanks to the forest department and a team from Wildlife SOS.

On Thursday morning, farmers at a village in Maharashtra's Akola district heard growling sounds from a well in a nearby farm.

A farmer in a village near Pune in Maharashtra was startled on Sunday morning when he heard loud panicking roars echoing from deep inside the village well close to his house. As he peeped in, he saw a leopard trapped and struggling to stay afloat inside the nearly 60-feet-deep well.

A 7-year-old injured male leopard, who was stuck in a slush-filled pond from the last 15 hours drowned in it, forest department officials said.

In a heartwarming rescue, a leopard was saved from drowning in a well in Maharashtra, thanks to the forest department and a team from Wildlife SOS.

On Thursday morning, farmers at a village in Maharashtra's Akola district heard growling sounds from a well in a nearby farm.

A farmer in a village near Pune in Maharashtra was startled on Sunday morning when he heard loud panicking roars echoing from deep inside the village well close to his house. As he peeped in, he saw a leopard trapped and struggling to stay afloat inside the nearly 60-feet-deep well.

A 7-year-old injured male leopard, who was stuck in a slush-filled pond from the last 15 hours drowned in it, forest department officials said.