MAHARASHTRA, India (WPVI) -- A rescue team helped a leopard to freedom after the animal fell into a well in India.
Footage from Muvvala Kondala Rao, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests with the Maharashtra Forest Department, shows the rescue on September 15th.
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Members of the department's Rapid Rescue Team helped pull the trapped animal to safety.
The team lowered down a makeshift raft for the leopard to climb onto.
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The leopard eventually made its way to the top and to safety.
According to local media reports, the leopard was released into the forest.