Watch: Leopard Injured In Fight Rescued By Rangers In Madhya Pradesh

The video of the incident, which surfaced on the Internet on Friday, shows the forest officials trying to capture the leopard by slowly dragging the cage towards it.

Watch: Leopard Injured In Fight Rescued By Rangers In Madhya Pradesh

According to a forest official, the animal was injured during a fight with another leopard.

New Delhi:

In the dead of the night, a badly injured leopard walks slowly in the jungle. Two brave forest rangers, with a heavy metal cage, make their way close to the big cat, just inching forward, one step at a time, hoping to catch it. All this, captured on a camera by another ranger who shines a bright flashlight on the leopard.

The 20-second chilling video shows the leopard walk in circles as the rangers close in. They almost get the leopard in the cage, before it goes and sits next to a tree.

The incident took place on Thursday near Kampel in Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

According to a forest official, the animal was injured during a fight with another leopard.

"The leopard was badly injured due to a fight with another leopard. Our team captured him and took him to a doctor," a forest ranger said.

The video of the whole incident surfaced on the Internet on Friday. Many people praised the forest rangers on social media for rescuing the animal.

"Thanks to Our Rangers...Good Work..," one user wrote.

In June, the forest officials rescued a leopard which fell into a well in Gujarat's Chhota Udepur district.