Last Monday in Sikar, a small town in India, a group of curious monkeys managed to help save the life of a drowning leopard trapped in a 25ft deep well.
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Devotees who were praying in the Baleshwar Temple heard a commotion outside and decided to check it out.
What they found was a group of monkeys chattering and jumping at the edge of a well just behind the temple.
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The devotees followed the monkeys and discovered the reason why they were trying to catch their attention: deep inside a well were the blinking eyes of a distressed leopard, almost camouflaged by the dark water.
“We were informed about the incident at around 6 am on the morning of 11 June. We immediately sent a team of rescue officials at the spot;” said Devendra Singh Rathore, a ranger with the forestry authorities in Sikar.
“The rescue operation lasted for nearly an hour. It is possible the leopard had fallen into the well at night while following prey. We were able to rescue the wild cat using a ladder.”
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Of course, there is the minor issue of what you might do with a leopard once it had been freed. Being a leopard, it might well take a liking to one of the monkeys or worse, attack a villager.
Luckily, Ranger Singh Rathore explained that it simply did a runner, happy to be out and safe.
He said: “As soon as it came out of the well it ran towards the jungle. It didn’t attack any villager or domestic animal in the village.”
Watch the incredible rescue operation below:
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