Experts staged a daring rescue after a young leopard got stranded in an 80ft well - using a crate and ropes to lift the animal out.<br /><br />The two-year-old was found in an Indian village after locals in heard its cries last week (25/5).<br /><br />They called Wildlife SOS, a charity, which sent three workers.<br /><br />The team worked for half an hour to rescue the distressed leopard, which is now being nursed back to health.<br /><br />Video shows a crate being lowered into the well, into which the animal then climbs.<br /><br />A Wildlife SOS spokesperson said: "Until a strategy was devised to extricate the leopard, a plastic crate tied with ropes was lowered into the well. <br /><br />"This helped the tired leopard to board the crate and get some rest.".<br /><br />Dr. Akilesh Dhage, also of Wildlife SOS, added: “Upon initial inspection we discovered the leopard to be a young female, approximately two years old.<br /><br />"The leopard has not sustained any kind of injuries, and remains active and healthy.<br /><br />"Currently she is under observation and we will soon release her back into a suitable natural habitat."<br /><br />Wildlife SOS said that open wells in India continue to be a risk for leopards and other wildlife. <br /><br />Co-founder and CEO Kartick Satyanarayan said: "Open wells continue to remain a threat to wild animals.<br /><br />"Due to the alertness and involvement of multiple stakeholders such as the villagers and the forest department, we are able to save one leopard at a time.<br /><br />"Our team is highly trained in conducting wildlife rescues without causing any stress to the animals.”<br /><br />The animal was saved in Savargav, a village in the western state of Maharashtra.
