These amazing pictures show the remarkable rescue effort to save a leopard which fell down a well in India while looking for prey.
The big cat was pictured with its glowing eyes peering up at the people on the top of the well, who called rescue workers from the Guwahati Zoo to help save the struggling animal.
The distressed leopard was drenched, with just its head sticking out of the muddy water littered with broken wood floating on the surface, as it waited from the rescuers to arrive.
It can be seen biting and tugging on the rope which rescuers throw down in order to eventually winch the animal up to the top.
Zoo workers are then forced to tranquilize the big cat so they can safely get down to it and attach the roped to pull it up.
It was then taken to the Guwahati Zoo for treatment, where vets will assess its condition and hopefully nurse it back to health.
A leopard is winched out from a well after it was tranquilised by the zoo officials in Guwahati city, India, 12 March 2016 and then taken to the Guwahati Zoo.
The big cat was pictured with its glowing eyes peering up at the people on the top of the well, who called rescue workers from the Guwahati Zoo to help save the struggling animal.
The distressed leopard was drenched, with just its head sticking out of the muddy water littered with broken wood floating on the surface, as it waited from the rescuers to arrive.
It can be seen biting and tugging on the rope which rescuers throw down in order to eventually winch the animal up to the top.
Zoo workers are then forced to tranquilize the big cat so they can safely get down to it and attach the roped to pull it up.
Crowds of people gather to watch the audacious effort, with many lending a hand to pull buckets of water up from the well so that the leopard doesn't drown while unconscious.
One man carefully climbs down the damp walls of the well and bravely ties the ropes around the animals neck and torso so that the army of helpers at the top can drag it to safety.
They finally get the unconscious cat to the top of the well, and it can be seen laying lifeless and covered in mud on the floor.
But the zoo workers then put the animal into a small metal cage and carry it to a truck using huge wooden sticks attached to it as handles.
One man carefully climbs down the damp walls of the well and bravely ties the ropes around the animals neck and torso so that the army of helpers at the top can drag it to safety.
They finally get the unconscious cat to the top of the well, and it can be seen laying lifeless and covered in mud on the floor.
But the zoo workers then put the animal into a small metal cage and carry it to a truck using huge wooden sticks attached to it as handles.
It was then taken to the Guwahati Zoo for treatment, where vets will assess its condition and hopefully nurse it back to health.
A leopard is winched out from a well after it was tranquilised by the zoo officials in Guwahati city, India, 12 March 2016 and then taken to the Guwahati Zoo.
Forest officials and villagers believe that the leopard might have fallen in to the well at night in search of prey.
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