Unlike the cow, who had been in the well less than two hours before someone called Animal Rahat, the dog pictured below had been trapped in this 70-foot-deep well for a good two days. Finding nothing nearby to which our team members could anchor their climbing ropes, they devised another strategy: They tied two ropes on either side of the opening of a burlap sack, put tasty dog biscuits inside, and lowered the sack. It took 30 long minutes, but at last, the frightened and hungry dog entered the sack to get the biscuits, and our team hoisted him out of the well!

We brought him back to our Pandharpur office, and the veterinarians administered intravenous fluids because he was dangerously dehydrated. We let him rest, neutered him the next day, and then kept him for another day to monitor his recovery. After he was given a clean bill of health, we took him back to the village near where we found him and let him rejoin his friends.