
<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div><div><div><div><span>Courtesy of the Daily Mail (United Kingdom) at</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151526/The-leopard-ladder-Wild-cat-given-helping-hand-escape-slimy-pond-getting-tight-spot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"></a><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151526/The-leopard-ladder-Wild-cat-given-helping-hand-escape-slimy-pond-getting-tight-spot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"></a><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151526/The-leopard-ladder-Wild-cat-given-helping-hand-escape-slimy-pond-getting-tight-spot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"></a><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151526/The-leopard-ladder-Wild-cat-given-helping-hand-escape-slimy-pond-getting-tight-spot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"></a><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151526/The-leopard-ladder-Wild-cat-given-helping-hand-escape-slimy-pond-getting-tight-spot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151526/The-leopard-ladder-Wild-cat-given-helping-hand-escape-slimy-pond-getting-tight-spot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2151526/The-leopard-ladder-Wild-cat-given-helping-hand-escape-slimy-pond-getting-tight-spot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml</a></a></span><br><span></span><br><span>----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-size: 3em; line-height: normal; font-weight: bolder; ">The leopard with a ladder: Wild cat given helping hand to escape slimy pond after getting into a spot of bother on tea estate</h1></span></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Stuck in a slimy pond, this leopard was certainly in a tight spot.</span><br><span></span><br><span>But the wild cat, who fell in the gungy reservoir surrounded by a 14ft wall, was given a lucky escape after rescuers put a ladder in the water.</span><br><span></span><br></div><div><img src="cid:4C79ACA7-E2A5-4095-AE88-51050A2C8C68" alt="image.jpeg" id="4C79ACA7-E2A5-4095-AE88-51050A2C8C68" width="634" height="423"><br><span>Help, I'm in a tight spot! A wild leopard after it fell into a water tank in Sangatram, north-east India</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><img src="cid:E199F35E-7C98-4249-B880-3B20C69E48C1" alt="image.jpeg" id="E199F35E-7C98-4249-B880-3B20C69E48C1" width="634" height="939"><br><span>Rescue attempt: A wildlife official wearing a crash helmet for safety throws in a rope and a net to no avail</span><br><span></span><br><span>The beast, who had been languishing in the tank for more than an hour, dully climbed out and disappeared into the forest near the tea estate in Sangatram, north-east India.</span><br><span></span><br><span>A team of foresters from the Sukna Wildlife Squad had earlier tried to pull the leopard out of water with a net.</span></div><div><br></div><img src="cid:26932FED-D113-4EF0-9C7B-5ECF34E85637" alt="image.jpeg" id="26932FED-D113-4EF0-9C7B-5ECF34E85637" width="634" height="952" apple-original-width="634" apple-original-height="952"><div><br></div><div><span></span><div>Climb for freedom: A wild leopard scales the ladder and runs back off to the nearby forest</div><div><br></div><div>But the animal refused to let himself be caught. The ladder was a lucky last resort.</div><div> </div><span></span>No doubt it made a vow to watch its step in the future.<br><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div><div></div></div><div></div></div></div><div></div></div></div><div></div></body></html>