India, May 2 -- A nine-month-old female leopard cub was rescued from an agricultural well near Padazari village after a local farmer alerted the forest department on Thursday .

The area is located within the Mul Buffer Range of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), some 150 kms from Nagpur in Maharashtra. "The cub was discovered in a well on the forest compartment number 88, owned by local farmer Ashok Maroti Shende. The well, which had only a low parapet wall, posed a hidden danger to wildlife, especially during night time," range forest officer (RFO) of the Mul Buffer Zone Rahul Karekar said.

Shende alerted the forest department, following which a team led by RFO Karekar, along with members of the Rapid Response Team of the TATR, c...