A thirsty leopard recently got its head stuck in a plastic container in Thane. The 1-year-old leopard was rescued in 48 hours with the help of a 30-rescuer-team. According to reports, the leopard’s cub was dehydrated and famished after not being able to eat or drink anything for a period of 48-hours. The rescue team gave some food and water to the cub to make sure it’s condition does not deteriorate.

The leopard cub was rescued thanks to the joint effort of forest department team and a team of animal lovers. Reportedly, the cub was found in a state of distress with its head inside the container earlier on Sunday night in Goregaon area in Badlapur.

The leopard cub was caught on video by some tourists, after which local animal welfare groups swung into action and joined forces with the forest department. The video shows the big cat trying desperately to remove its head from the plastic container.

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1. The Facts of the Matter
2. Locals Spot Cub Running Around, Video Goes Viral
3. Forest Department, NGO Officials Join Forces
4. Leopard Spotted 48 Hours into Rescue
5. What’s Next for Leopard Cub?

The Facts of the Matter

Highly irresponsible behaviour of people venturing into forests and leaving behind hazardous objects can pose great threat to animal life that is not used to handling such objects on its own. Recently, a leopard cub in Maharashtra became the victim of such a behaviour when it got its head stuck into a plastic water container.

According to reports, the barely year-old cub was thirsty and tried to drink from the plastic container by putting its head in. However, the cub wasn’t able to remove the plastic container even after it desperately made several attempts to do so.

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Locals Spot Cub Running Around, Video Goes Viral

The incident was brought to life earlier on Sunday when some tourists spotted the cub running around with its head stuck in the water container. The cub was spotted while it was passing the Badlapur region. The tourists also took a video of the ordeal and shared the same on social media platform to get attention from relevant authorities and groups.

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Forest Department, NGO Officials Join Forces

Soon the video became viral on social media and was distributed on WhatsApp groups as well. Soon, Sanjay Gandhi National Park officials, forest department officials, representatives of RAWW (Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare) joined forces and kicked off a search and rescue operation.

The ground patrol team asked the villagers to raise an alert if they spot the leopard cub instead of approaching it on their own. On Tuesday evening, the moment finally arrived that the search and rescue team was desperately waiting for.

Leopard Spotted 48 Hours into Rescue

The villagers claimed that they spotted the tiger near the Badlapur village. After looking for the leopard cub for hours, the rescue party finally spotted it at around 7 PM. They spared no moment and quickly tranquilized it with a dart. Reportedly, when the tranquilizer dart hit the leopard, it shuddered with such ferocity that the plastic of the container came lose.

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What’s Next for Leopard Cub?

As per the officials, the leopard was severely dehydrated and hungry as it did not have any food or water in the past two days. The leopard is currently going through a treatment and will be soon moved to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park rescue center and will later be released into the wild.

 

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