It’s a known fact that cats don’t like water. So when a lion falls into a well, you can be certain you’ll be dealing with a very unhappy lion.

That’s exactly what happened earlier this week in Amrapur village, India. Late Sunday night or early morning, a lion fell into a 60-foot-deep open well and was discovered by residents Monday morning.

The lion, a male Asiatic, is considered a endangered species, with only about 400 of them living in the area in 2010. So the residents called local forest officers to rescue him.

Rescuers used ropes and a charpoy to lift the lion out of the well.

“It was in good health despite the fall,” Ramesh Katara, deputy conservator of forest of Junagadh district told The Indian Express. “But we have sent it to animal care centre in Sasan-Gir as a precautionary measure. It will be kept under observation there for some time before we release it in the wild.”

Farmers in the area are required to build protective parapets around their wells to prevent the deaths of lions. A parapet will be installed around this well to prevent further incidents.