He carried the animal back home. Animal rescue later confirmed it was a rare mountain takin calf, dehydrated but stable.
No one could explain how the panda knew what to do, or why it had come for him. But experts said it wasn’t the first time these animals had shown extraordinary instincts.
The panda never returned. But the farmer never forgot. And every time he stepped out at dawn, he looked toward the forest with a little more hope.