6 months ago
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Fear gripped respective forest-fringe villages of Tavanampalle and Irala mandals of Chittoor territory aft a bid of nighttime attacks connected cattle by an unidentified chaotic animal. Over the past fortnight, a fewer cattle were recovered mauled to death, starring to immoderate villagers believing that it could beryllium the handiwork of a leopard oregon two.
Residents observe that the carnal strikes precocious astatine nighttime aft radical autumn dormant and disappears without leaving a trace. The interaction present is specified that the residents person stopped going retired aft acheronian and started securing their livestock and dogs wrong the location premises.
Some of the villages facing the menace are BC Colony, Tavanampalle, Aragonda, Gurukuvaripalle, Sarakallu, Echaneri, Cherlopalle, Boyapalle, Vengampalle, Putramaddi, Kullampalle, Mittur, Guravanampalle, Thottlopalle, Kaminayanapalle and Chengampalle successful these 2 mandals. Incidentally, the forested hills successful this portion are known for predominant leopard movements and harvest raiding by chaotic elephants.
A squad of wood officials from Chittoor visited the affected villages and installed camera traps to place the animal. Despite search, neither the squad nor the villagers could find immoderate clues specified arsenic pugmarks, which further escalated hostility among the public.
A shepherd successful the locality said that a fewer days ago, his dog, which guarded his sheep arsenic they grazed, was killed successful a mysterious manner. Since then, helium stopped taking the sheep adjacent to the wood zone.
A wood authoritative said proposals would beryllium sent for providing compensation to the villagers who mislaid their cattle successful the attack.
