Jackal rescued from Well at Junnar
Using all the possible tricks in their bag, forest department with help of Wildlife SOS team from the Manikdoh Leopard Rescue Center managed to rescue a two year old jackal fallen inside a 40 feet deep well in Junnar district on Sunday.
It was on Sunday evening around 4pm that farmer Anil Salunke of Vadaj village located around five kilometers away from the Shivneri Fort reached outside his well to switch on the pump but soon realised that a jackal was trapped. Worried about the safety of the animal, he immediately alerted the Forest Department.
While initially the local forest department staff tried rescuing it by lowering a plastic basket and even managing to get the jackal inside, little way up the scared jackal ended up jumping back inside the well.
It was around 5.20pm that the three member rescue team led by Wildlife SOS veterinarian Dr. Ajay Deshmukh reached along with more forest department officials and a rescue strategy was set in motion almost immediately after ruling out tranquilising as there was a risk of it getting drowned.
“The jackal was sitting on a small uneven stone extension in the well and was half submered in the water. We decided to lower a …read more