Watch: Leopardess Gives Birth To Four Cubs In A Hut In Maharashtra
A video of the mother with her four newborn cubs was shared on Twitter by news agency ANI. Ever since it surfaced on social media, it has created quite a buzz. The forest department is reportedly waiting for the leopardess to move the cubs to a different location so that they could rescue her.
Child birth is a beautiful phenomenon and as much as it is wonderful for a human baby to be born, the same goes for animals. A leopardess gave birth to four cubs inside in a hut Nashik's Lgatpuri area on Tuesday.
ANI shared a video of the mother with her four newborn cubs on Twitter. Ever since it surfaced on social media, it has created quite a buzz. The forest department is reportedly waiting for the leopardess to move the cubs to a different location so that they can rescue her. The video shows the leopardess with her four cubs inside a hut.
Ganeshrao Jole, Forest Department Officer told ANI, "Female leopard gave birth to four inside a hut in Igatpuri. They are all safe and healthy. We are waiting for the leopardess to take cubs to another place. Due to cubs, we cannot catch the leopardess now."
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ANI posted the video with the caption: '#WATCH Maharashtra: A leopard gave birth to four cubs inside a hut in Igatpuri area of Nashik yesterday. Forest Official says, "all the cubs are healthy and safe." (Video Source: Forest Department)'
#WATCH Maharashtra: A leopard gave birth to four cubs inside a hut in Igatpuri area of Nashik yesterday. Forest Official says, "all the cubs are healthy and safe." (Video Source: Forest Department) pic.twitter.com/AMA5xXLNHJ
¡ª ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2020
The one-minute-long video has almost 170,000 views on the micro-blogging website and more than 18,000 likes. Twitter users are going gaga over the adorable cubs and some are also worried about the rising incidents involving human-animal encounters.
Lots of love and blessings to mommy and kisses to the babies. May they thrive and return to the jungle soon.
¡ª Siddhartha Gigoo (@siddharthagigoo) August 19, 2020
Mashallah!
¡ª Nausheen Khan (@DrNausheenKhan) August 19, 2020
Welcome to the world kiddos ??
Its good to see that all cubs are healthy and safe but at the same time its quite horrifying to see wild animals giving birth in human establishments... it will increase human animal conflicts...
¡ª Dr. S. Lamba (@S4Shivaa) August 18, 2020
Let the Forrest officials who are present there for their duty may save those cubs from all dangers.
¡ª ?????? ~Yashaswi (@yashaswi2016) August 19, 2020
A delight to watch these baby Leopards ???????
¡ª Sumit Singh Rajput (@ImRealSSR20) August 18, 2020
Leopards are often targeted by poachers and due to habitat loss, their livelihood is threatened. According to the Ranthambore National Park, the Indian Leopard is a vulnerable species and is listed on the The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.
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