Rescuers in western India saved a jackal recently which fell into a 100-foot-deep well.

Akash Jadhav and his team from the Animal Rescue Society got a call from locals reporting the struggling animal near the town of Ahmednagar.

When they arrived at the scene on April 14, they found the stricken jackal had been struggling all night to free itself and had become exhausted.

Unable to move, it was slowly drowning in the rising water.

“We got the call just in time. If we had gone there even an hour later, the animal would have probably died," said Jadhav

A team member went down and brought the animal up with the help of a large butterfly net.

The team gave the animal first aid and a veterinary doctor came from the forest department to revive it.

The jackal responded well to the treatment and was later released in a nearby natural habitat.

A stray dog unexpectedly turned up during the release and chased the jackal but the wild creature turned out to be too fast for the dog and escaped easily.

A jackal fell into a 100-feet-deep irrigation well near Ahmednagar in western India.

Getting a call from nearby villagers Akash Jadhav and team of Animal Rescue Society went to the spot on April 14.

The jackal had struggled all night to climb up and exhausted itself. Unable to move, it was slowly drowning in the water level that was rising steadily.

Akash Jadhav said: “We got the call just in time. If we had gone there even an hour later, the animal would have probably died.”

A team member went down and brought the animal up with the help of a large butterfly net. The team gave the animal first aid and a veterinary doctor came from the forest department to revive it.

The animal responded well to the treatment and was later released at a nearby natural habitat.

A stray dog unexpectedly turned up during the release and gave the jackal a chase. But the jackal turned out to be too fast for the dog and escaped easily.