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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsNice Guys Comfort Lost Little Leopard Found Crying In Sugarcane Field
They knew just what to do to help, tooBy Sarah V Schweig
A little wild family would have been permanently torn apart if some nice people hadn't stepped in just in time to help.
Sugarcane farmers were finishing up a long day's work harvesting the fields in Maharashtra, India, when they discovered a tiny bundle of fur lying on the ground.
The beautifully spotted bundle was a leopard cub, just about 2 months old, and, worried for the baby's safety, the farmers knew just what to do: They contacted a forest officer and a rescue team from Wildlife SOS headed to the fields.
It's not uncommon for leopards and people to come in contact in that region, since farms and cities overlap with leopard habitat.
"Expanding farmland and depleting forests have led to a manifold increase in man-leopard conflict in the area," according to Wildlife SOS, an organization that assists in many rescues of native wildlife in the region.
Currently, it's cub season, and so pregnant leopards often seek shelter in the sugarcane, not realizing that it's also harvest season.
The number of leopard sightings and conflicts increase during the pre-harvest and harvest season, because the dense and tall vegetation makes for a convenient shelter for the leopards to breed in and nurture their cubs," Kartick Satyanarayan, cofounder and CEO of Wildlife SOS, said in a statement.
Knowing that every moment the cub was separated from his mom would only make the mother leopard more stressed and agitated, the rescue team worked swiftly to ensure the cub's health before figuring out a plan to reunite the pair.
Fortunately, Wildlife SOS senior veterinarian Ajay Deshmukh found the cub to be in perfect shape for release.
Once they figured out a good spot to place the cub, the team set up a hidden camera so they could see if the mother came back to the area for her cub.
Sure enough, under the cover of night, an adult leopard was spotted searching the area.
At around 9:30 p.m., a leopardess finally emerged from the neighboring forest," Deshmukh said.
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In a movement typical of all kinds of cats, she did what she felt best to do: Knock the box over.
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The mother leopard then secured her cub in her mouth and carried him back into the woods with a little prance in her step.
"We could only imagine her relief on finding her young one safe and sound!" Deshmukh said. "Rescues like this hold a very special place in our hearts as it is immensely rewarding for us to know that this cub will now continue being raised in the wild by his mother and thereby have a good chance at a free life in the wild.
https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/wild-leopard-reunited-with-kitten-india
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Wildlife SOS is a wonderful organization.
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Nice Guys Comfort Lost Little Leopard Found Crying In Sugarcane Field (Original Post)
catbyte
Mar 2019
OP
In a movement typical of all kinds of cats, she did what she felt best to do: Knock the box over.
IronLionZion
Mar 2019
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procon
(15,805 posts)1. This could have ended in tragedy for that lost cub, it was very lucky
that everything worked so well and he was reunited with his mama. A happy ending for all!
ffr
(22,672 posts)2. Best good news story of the day!
Squee!
IronLionZion
(45,547 posts)3. In a movement typical of all kinds of cats, she did what she felt best to do: Knock the box over.
Cats will be cats
BumRushDaShow
(129,608 posts)9. But then
she would probably have wanted to get IN the box... even though her butt will NOT fit!
IronLionZion
(45,547 posts)10. If it fits, I sits
BumRushDaShow
(129,608 posts)12. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But then this one never gets old -
And just found a sequel to the above!
Merlot
(9,696 posts)4. Love it when the little cub swipes at momma's nose!
BigmanPigman
(51,638 posts)22. Me too. He was pissed off at her for leaving him alone
and scaring him. He thought Mommy abandoned him.
toddwv
(2,830 posts)5. I'm a little dissappointed
that she didn't try to get in the box herself. I'm sure she smelled the human on it so it's understandable.
leftieNanner
(15,173 posts)23. It looked like they were very careful to wear gloves
to minimize human scent on the cub.
FakeNoose
(32,791 posts)6. Such a cute little guy - just wait, Mommy's coming!
Great story. Thanks for posting this!
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)7. That's pretty cool
Karadeniz
(22,583 posts)8. The Indians are so good at trying to preserve their big cats.
IronLionZion
(45,547 posts)11. Compare that to the Trumps
GetRidOfThem
(869 posts)19. Disgusting! n/t
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)29. Arghhhhhh!
Just makes me want to ...
Never mind. I'll get banned for life.
Demovictory9
(32,479 posts)27. good to hear
ms liberty
(8,607 posts)13. Surprising that she didn't try to climb in the box with her cub
Before knocking the box over, lol!
littlemissmartypants
(22,837 posts)14. The blueberry eyes! ❤
Silver Gaia
(4,546 posts)15. :)
trueblue2007
(17,240 posts)16. thank you, thank you thank you for posting.
Dem2theMax
(9,655 posts)17. Family reunited!
niyad
(113,596 posts)18. awwwwwwwww
lilactime
(657 posts)20. That made my day!
zentrum
(9,865 posts)21. YAY! Thank you for posting this.
red dog 1
(27,872 posts)24. "Mother and child reunion is only a motion away"
What a great story!
K&R, thanks for posting, catbyte!
Glaisne
(517 posts)25. Bravo to Wildlife SOS!
I'm going to make a small donation. http://wildlifesos.org/
MustLoveBeagles
(11,641 posts)26. So cute
Way to go mama and baby
onetexan
(13,066 posts)28. LOVE