Forest Department Reunites Lost Leopard Cub & Its Mom By Placing It In Basket For Her To Find

Big wild cats are mostly endangered around the world. Therefore it is important to maintain the safety of those still alive and make sure no life is lost.

Maharashtra forest department recently released a video that shows how they reunited a lost leopard cub with its mother two days after it was found abandoned in a field in Maharashtra.

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The cub was reportedly spotted by residents of the Bhosi village in Nanded district while they were harvesting jowar. It was found under some banana trunks in the field near the forest. When forest department officials were called they set up a a multi-trap camera trap and cordoned off the area to monitor the movement of the cub¡¯s mother.

They kept the cub in a basket with holes so it wouldn't run off.

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The video shows that around 9:30 pm the female leopard spotted the basket in which cub was kept.

After a little hesitation and inspection she turned the box around and the cub and the mother were reunited! She was clearly relieved so see her cub as one can see in the video; she passionately licks her baby and then left with it shortly afterwards.

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The video released by the forest department also spoke about how human activity has forced wild animals to leave their natural habitats. The forest department also spoke about how locals villagers were scared on finding the cub and had asked that it be taken away from the village.

The video was praised by many online and sparked a debate about human-animal conflict.