Four leopard cubs are reunited with mother

Four leopard cubs were rescued by Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department from a sugarcane field in west-central India.

The footage, captured on March 24 in Takali Haji village, shows the moment the cubs are reunited with their .

Dr Deshmukh, who conducted the examination of the cubs before the release said: ''The cubs were placed in a safe box and after waiting for about an hour, a female leopard emerged from the forest, checked her cubs and carried them away.''

Since 2009, a total of 50 leopard cubs have been rescued in the area. Kartick Satyanarayan, CEO of Wildlife SOS, said: ''Due to a variety of factors, including deforestation, habitat encroachment and poaching, leopards are continuously forced to leave their forested homes and venture into buffer areas.

''The tall sugarcane fields provide a safe cover for leopards to give birth and rear their young ones but this also increases the possibilities of man-leopard conflicts.''