Rescue Team Reunites Leopard Cub With Mom After Finding the Infant Alone on a Tea Estate

Rescue Team Reunites Leopard Cub With Mom After Finding the Infant Alone on a Tea Estate
Left: (Courtesy of Imon Abedin-WTI); Right: Courtesy of Wildlife Trust of India
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A lost leopard cub has been reunited with her mother within 12 hours of being found alone on an Indian tea estate, thanks to the joint efforts of a wildlife rescue team and the local community.

Dr. Khanin Changmai, veterinarian for Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), received a call from the Assam Forest Department on May 23, according to a WTI news release. A tiny leopard cub had been found by tea pluckers in one of the Natun Gaon, Tinsukia tea gardens in the early hours of the morning.