Forest officials rescued a lion cub who had fallen into a well in Gujarat district, West India.

Footage captured on January 22 shows the villagers pulling the cub out of the well by using a rope tied around the feline’s body.

The owner of the well found the cub and informed the forest officials who then rushed to the spot.

In a two-hour rescue operation, the forest officials went into the well and pulled the cub using the ropes tied on its body.

Though the cub did not have any injury, the forest officials were concerned about its survival as such a young feline.

Luckily, they found the mother lioness later on and reunite the cub with her.

A seven-month-old Asiatic lion cub, who had fallen into a well at a village outside the Gir wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat`s Junagadh district, was rescued and also reunited with its mother,The incident took place on monday when the cub separated from its mother fallen in to the well.The well`s owner informed forest officials, who then rushed to the spot.The forest official went into the well and pulled the cub using the ropes tied on its body.Though the cub did not sustain any injury, the forest officials were concerned about its survival as such a young feline could not survive without its mother.After locating a lioness in the area, the rescue team kept the cub in an open cage, which was placed at a suitable site in the area and reunited the cub with its mother.It took nearly two hours for the officials to rescue the cub.