With an increasing number of jackals being rescued from the Mangrove forest patches across the city over the past couple of months, members of NGO PAWS rescued another one from Tata Nagar near Bhandupeswar Kund on Thursday. When the members were informed that the jackal had attacked a puppy and a child in the area, they immediately rushed to the spot, rescued it and handed it over to the SPCA Animal Hospital. Sources from the hospital said the jackal would be later released in its natural habitat.

Sunish Subramanian Kunju, honorary wildlife warden and a member of NGO PAWS, said, "A staff of Vidyadhiraja High School informed us about the jackal, whose condition was very weak. The forest department was informed and the jackal was handed over to SPCA Animal Hospital."