Forest officials rescue leopard from open well in Maharashtra. Watch video

Nanda also cautioned people to cover open wells to prevent wild animals from dangerous situations. “Forest staff rescuing a male leopard from an open well in Maharashtra. Please cover open wells to avoid such trauma for the wild animals. Spread the wa(o)rd,” Nanda captioned the clip.

Watch the video here:

Forest staff rescuing a male leopard from an open well in Maharashtra. Please cover open wells to avoid such trauma for the wild animals. Spread the ward 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/JTFE4JlYIe

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) June 18, 2022

The undated video shared on Sunday has amassed more than 13,000 views on Twitter. Many users praised the forest department officials for rescuing the big cat. “Nice job by forest department staff. Kudos. We should start educating the people about closing open wells or fencing it.” Another user wrote, “Great work…..a true human is who cares for animals too.”

However, a user said that 90 per cent of farmers in the state cannot afford to cover wells. “90% of farmers in Maharashtra are marginal their income is not enough to feed themselves, how can they afford expenditure for covering open wells? Govt have to expand subsidy for covering of wells,” the user wrote.

Nice job by forest department staff. Kudos. We should start educating the people about closing open wells or fencing it.

— KANNAN S (@KANNANS98336530) June 19, 2022

Geart work…..a true human is who cares for animals too.

— Ravindra N Thakur✴️ (@dewmagnet) June 18, 2022

90% of farmers in Maharashtra are marginal their income is not enough to feed themselves, how can they afford expenditure for covering open wells? Govt have to expand subsidy for covering of wells.

— Amplifier (@gladiator198905) June 19, 2022

Same amount of energy & resources could have been used to cover the well..Humans should try being responsible unlike wild animals

— Chethan Karkera (@ChethanKarkera9) June 18, 2022

In a similar incident, a leopard had fallen into a 45-feet-deep well in Junnar in Maharashtra’s Pune. Wildlife SOS shared a clip of the rescue operation last week. Initially, a cot was lowered into the well and the leopard remained on top of it and later cage was put inside. After the leopard jumped inside the cage, it was released into the wild after a few hours of observation.

A leopard had fallen into a 45-feet-deep well and was struggling to stay afloat in #Maharashtra

Villagers spotted the #leopard and informed the Forest Department and #WildlifeSOS to safely #rescue it. pic.twitter.com/GqJ4llUaIP

— Wildlife SOS (@WildlifeSOS) June 8, 2022