A deadly cobra was rescued from 35-foot-deep well using a steel bucket on July 30 in western India.

The cobra was rescued after residents of Ratadgav near Ahmednagar spotted the reptile and alerted the Animal Rescue Society.

Akash Jadhav and his team went to the village and found that the cobra could be easily reached as the water was about 35-feet below the surface. They lowered a steel bucket into the well and dangled it before the snake hoping that it would get in.

After several attempts, the team managed to pull the cobra up, put it in a snake bag and released it later in the wild.

Akash said: “We assured the villagers that the water was safe to drink. Cobras inject poison only when they bite someone.”

Residents of Ratadgav village near Ahmednagar in western India saw a cobra that had fallen into a well on July 30.

As the well provided drinking water to the entire village the sight of the poisonous snake in water created panic and calls were made to Animal Rescue Society.

Akash Jadhav and his team went to the village and found that the cobra could be easily reached as the water was about 35-feet below the surface. They lowered a steel bucket to the well and dangled it before the snake hoping that it would get in.

Though the cobra hissed and attacked for sometime, it perhaps realised that the bucket was its way out and got in.

The rescue team pulled the cobra up, put it in a snake bag and released it later in the wild.

Akash said: “We assured the villagers that the water was safe to drink. Cobras inject poison only when they bite someone.”