The Maharashtra forest department and volunteers of the Wildlife SOS non-profit organisation recently undertook a daring operation to rescue a spectacled cobra and a golden jackal that were trapped together in a 25-foot-deep dry well. The incident took place last week in Rajuri village of Junnar taluka.

The villagers who were surprised to see a snake and jackal trapped together, promptly alerted the forest department. This is due to years of education and sensitisation on such kinds of situations. The Wildlife SOS team was roped in by the forest department to help with the rescue, due to the urgency of the situation. The rescuers carefully evaluated the situation before lowering a net to pull the jackal out of the well. One of the Wildlife SOS volunteers then descended down the well to successfully remove the nearly 5-foot-long cobra.