Ameenpur NGO rescues jackals from well in Maharashtra

The team led by a woman member of the AWCS, Santoshi, traveled 350 km on Thursday. The team had received a call from villagers on Wednesday, on the day when the jackals fell in the well.

Sangareddy: The Animal Warriors Conservation Society (AWCS), an Ameenpur-based NGO, traveled all the way to a village on the Maharashtra-Telangana border to rescue a couple of jackals that accidentally slipped into a dry 50-feet deep agriculture well.

The well was located amid sugarcane fields. The team led by a woman member of the AWCS, Santoshi Pradeep, travelled 350 km on Thursday. The team had received a call from villagers on Wednesday, on the day when the jackals fell in the well. They were on their way back to Hyderabad after another rescue operation in Karimnagar district. On receiving the call, they went to the Telangana-Maharashtra border. The jackals were found in the well on the outskirts of Shahapur village.

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Santoshi got down into the well with a cage and safely captured both the jackals in the cage and pulled them up. Since they were healthy, they were released into the wild with the help of local forest officials later. The two jackals reunited with three other jackals that were waiting at the well after their release. Members of AWCS, Ganesh, Arun and Ramesh were also part of the rescue team.

Speaking to Telangana Today, Santoshi said there was no way left to climb up for the jackals because the open well had cement rings, which made climbing up nearly impossible for the jackals. The team has won accolades for its effort. Santoshi said the jackals could have slipped into the well since there was no protective covering, adding that the well was lower than the ground.

Founder of AWCS Pradeep Nair called upon citizens to call their helpline number 96978 87888 if animals and birds were struck or trapped anywhere. His team would reach the place wtihout delay, he said.