Forest officials in Savarkundla, Gujarat, used ropes to rescue a stranded leopard from a deep well.

Filmed on September 5, the footage captured by range forest officer Pratap Chandu shows ropes being lowered down the well for the wild animal to bite onto.

Once the leopard had the rope firmly in its jaws, the rescue team hauled it up into a cage at the surface.

The 5-year-old leopard was then taken to a local animal care centre where it will be given a health check-up and released back into the wild.

Forest officials rescued a leopard that fell into an open well in western India's Gujarat.

The incident took place in Savarkundla city, Amreli district on September 5.

Visuals showed the team of the forest department reaching the incident spot with a big cage in a jeep. They brought the cage near the well and held a long rope that they put inside the well. The wild animal was seen holding onto a water pipe that was put inside the well by the officials.

The leopard held the rope with its mouth and tried to climb up with the water pipe. After a long struggle, the leopard was pulled and put inside the big cage.

According to reports, the 5-year-old leopard accidentally fell into the well while running in search of prey. After the rescue, the captured leopard was taken out and immediately moved to the Animal Care Center where the leopard's health will be checked and after recovery, the leopard will be released back to the forest revenue area.