Lioness rescued from 50-feet-deep well after 12 hours
Nimesh Khakhariya | TNN | Jan 2, 2019, 14:55 IST
The lioness will be released in the forest after treatment said forest department.RAJKOT: Following a 12-hour-long struggle, rescuers on Wednesday managed to bring out a lioness from 50-feet-deep well in Dhoklva village of Gir Gadhda taluka in Gir Somnath district.
The eight-year-old lioness has been sent to Jasadhar animal care center for further treatment. The animal had fallen into the well on Tuesday night.
According to forest department officials, they received the call on Tuesday night about the incident. A team of forest officers reached to the spot and launched the rescue work.
Assistant Conservator of Forest, Nikunj Parmar told TOI, "We started to pump out the water at 5 o'clock in the morning and it took almost five hours. Thereafter a team went inside and tranquilised the animal and saved her.”
The lioness will be released in the forest after treatment said forest department.
The eight-year-old lioness has been sent to Jasadhar animal care center for further treatment. The animal had fallen into the well on Tuesday night.
According to forest department officials, they received the call on Tuesday night about the incident. A team of forest officers reached to the spot and launched the rescue work.
Assistant Conservator of Forest, Nikunj Parmar told TOI, "We started to pump out the water at 5 o'clock in the morning and it took almost five hours. Thereafter a team went inside and tranquilised the animal and saved her.”
The lioness will be released in the forest after treatment said forest department.
FROM AROUND THE WEB
more from times of india Cities
LATEST VIDEOS
City
New Year celebration gone wrong, PNB employees arrested in Rajasthan01:24- Caught on cam: Car drags traffic cop on bonnet in Gurugram00:50
- Caught on cam: DSP throws tea, assaults a tea stall worker in Tamil Nadu for making bad tea01:41
- Ghazipur stone-pelting a reactionary incident, says union minister Mahesh Sharma01:01
All Comments ()+^ Back to Top
Refrain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks, name calling or inciting hatred against any community. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines by marking them offensive. Let's work together to keep the conversation civil.
HIDE