A female leopard (Panthera pardus) cub, approximately 4 months old, was rescued and safely released back into the wild after she accidentally fell into a 30-foot-deep open well in Ghangaldare village, located in the Junnar Forest Range of Pune district in Maharashtra. The incident took place in a forested area, prompting swift action from the Maharashtra Forest Department and Wildlife SOS.

Residents of Ghangaldare village in Junnar taluka came across the leopard cub trapped and perched on a small ledge above the water inside an open well on the village outskirts.