Two leopard cubs have been rescued from the sugarcane fields of Pune's Junnar area. Farmers of Vadgaon Anand village on Monday stumbled upon a lone leopard cub while harvesting their crops. On receiving an alert message, the Forest Department and the Wildlife SOS team swung into action and rescued the cub. The Wildlife SOS rescue team, led by senior veterinarian Dr Ajay Deshmukh, was already en-route to the location when he got a similar call in Golegaon, another village in Junnar.

The team split into two midway and went ahead with simultaneous operations. Bapu Yele, Range Forest Officer (Ottur), said, "The Wildlife SOS team is cooperative and has resp­o­nded timely. The Forest Dept and the Wildlife SOS team have done many such rescue and reunion operations."