This is the moment rescue officials pull out a civet cat from an open well in western India.<br /><br />The incident took place on July 2 at Nashik city in Maharashtra state.<br /><br />Footage shows rescue officials of the Eco-Echo Rehabilitation Centre, a wildlife rescue service based in Nashik, lifting the civet cat from a 35-foot well.<br /><br />The rescue officials tie a rectangular plastic tray with a rope and lower it down the well with the help of some locals.<br /><br />Two of the officials climb down the well to anchor the civet into the tray. <br /><br />Once inside the waters, the rescuers try hard to get the civet to jump inside the plastic tray using bamboo sticks. <br /><br />Much to their dismay, the rope breaks and the civet jumps back into the water.<br /><br />The rescue officials then hold the tray with the stick and successfully drag the civet into the tray.<br /><br />The animal was later released into the wild.
