Mother leopard was reunited with her three cubs after they were found abandoned

This is the touching moment a mother leopard was reunited with her three cubs after they were found abandoned in a sugar cane field.

The 20-day-old cubs were discovered huddled together by farmers and government park rangers failed to track down the mother big cat.

Wildlife charity experts hatched a plan to leave the cubs in a special safe box after nightfall - and set up a night-vision camera to capture any movement.