Leopard falls into well in Gujarat, villagers use cot to pull him out

Updated Apr 12, 2019 | 19:17 IST | Mirror Now Digital

Villagers from Pavi Jetpur village in Gujarat managed to rescue a leopard who had fallen into a well by pulling him using a cot. The big cat then escaped into a nearby forest.

The animal escaped into the forest after it was pulled out (Representative Image)  |  Photo Credit: BCCL

Vadodara: With reports of escalations in the man-animal conflict emerging from all quarters of the country, a heart-warming instance has come to light from Pavi Jetpur village in Gujarat where locals managed to save the life of a four-year-old leopard who fell into a well earlier this week. Reports suggest that the big cat was rescued by villagers around midnight on Wednesday.
Locals heard the leopard roaring after it fell into a well at a farm in Naravaniya village which is when state forest department officials were alerted and arrived at the spot. Soon after, a cot was lowered into the well and the big cat was pulled out. A forest ranger claimed that people were asked to move away from the well when the leopard was being pulled out. He added that once pulled out, the animal escaped to a nearby forest without harming anyone.

This incident comes less than a week after a woman died in Hasnapur forest settlement village in Gir forest division near Visavadar town in Junagadh district of Gujarat following a leopard attack. Wildlife officials told media outlets that the elderly woman was attacked when she was resting outside her home on a charpoy in the verandah of her home. She was rushed to the government hospital in Visavadar and later referred to a hospital in Junagarh. Unfortunately, the woman succumbed on the way to Junagarh.
In March of this year, a three-year-old leopardess was run over by a speeding vehicle on the Vadodara-Mumbai Highway in Valsad district. A senior official with the Gujarat State Forest Department had told media outlets that internal hemorrhage was identified as the cause of her death following a post-mortem. He also added that the deceased animal's body was burnt in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the wildlife department.

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