Pangolin rescued from irrigation well in Gir

22-06-2011
Pangolin rescued from irrigation well in Gir
Times of India By Himanshu Kaushik
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-22/ahmedabad/29689400_1_pangolin-anteater-gir-forest

How uncommon the pangolin is, was evident from a rescue operation that the forest department carried out in Gir forest after villagers tipped them off about a crocodile falling into an irrigation well.

The rescue team lead by Dr R K Hirpara set out ready to save a crocodile but when they reached the site at Surajgadh village, 8 kms from Sasan, they realized that it was a pangolin, a mammal belonging to the scaly anteater species.

Sandeep Kumar, deputy conservator of forest (headquarter) who had earlier captured a pangolin's encounter with lionesses on his camera, told TOI that the team from Sasan found the animal curled around the pipe used to draw water from the well.