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RELeopards are built for almost everything. Vertical stone walls? Less so. This 5–6 month old cub had fallen into a deep well, very much alive and uninjured, but entirely at the mercy of physics. The mother was present around.. watchful, anxious, and waiting. The Forest Department and our RESQ CT team got there in time.
The retrieval protocol is one we know well: a cage lowered with precision, the animal guided in calmly, a surface assessment, and release once all vitals check out. Routine in process, never routine in feeling.
Open wells remain one of the most silent and preventable killers of wildlife in rural Maharashtra. Every rescue like this one is also a reminder of how much work remains in community awareness and structural mitigation.
Maharashtra Forest Department x RESQ CT
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