Lioness rescued from well in Gir-Somnath village near Rajkot
- | Saturday | 8th July, 2017
RAJKOT: A two-year-old lioness was rescued from a farm well at Amrapur village of Sutrapada Taluka in Gir Somnath district on Wednesday morning.According to forest officials, the lioness might have fallen into the well, which is over 50-feet deep, in the night. In the morning, villagers heard some sound and found the lioness inside the well and informed the forest department.What followed was a two-hour-long operation to rescue the lioness that had gone in a state of shock. After the rescue, the lioness was sent to the Sasan-Gir Animal Care Centre for treatment for any injuries that it might have suffered due to the fall.Forest officials said that the lioness will be kept under observation at the animal care centre for a couple of days, before it is released into the wild.
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