Wildlife SOS: Trapped Leopard Rescued from a 70-Foot Deep open Well in Maharashtra India ( Video's )

This four year old female leopard was trapped in a 70-foot deep open well in Otur located in Pune district, Maharashtra. Quick-thinking villagers alerted Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department, and she was saved from certain death.

 

Wildlife SOS is tackling the problem of open wells head-on. In Maharashtra, 95 leopards died in open wells in just the first six months of 2021. The number of open wells in India is massive, so our project is identifying the most dangerous wells, and initially covering 40 or the wells known to have trapped wildlife. Learn more about our project to cover open wells here. 

 

This photo was taken by staff photographer Akash.