VIDEO: Leopard rescued from a well in Madhya Pradesh

MP's forest department is winning hearts for its practical and timely rescue of a leopard that had fallen into a well in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh.

A one-minute-long video posted this morning by an Indian Forest Service Parveen Kaswan, Indian Forest Services officer, shows the rescue operation where the big cat is being lifted out of the well with the help of ropes attached to a makeshift platform at both ends. The rescuers used a traditional bed made of wood and ropes called 'khatiya' to lift up the big cat from the well. The leopard is seen sitting on the 'khatiya' while the rescuers lift up the bed from the well from the Pahari range in Shivpuri. 

And by the looks of it, the leopard was more than happy to 'co-operate'.
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