
Villagers in panic after leopard kills sheep in Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
Leopard attack in Avulapalle village causes panic, forest officials assure prompt action for missing sheep.
Avulapalle village and surrounding hamlets of Madanapalle mandal in Annamayya district were panic-stricken on Sunday evening when a leopard reportedly attacked a herd of sheep and killed one near the forest area. The sheep rearers told the forest officials that nearly six sheep had gone missing from these villages over the last week and that remnants of some of the carcasses were found in the bushes near the forest. Eyewitnesses told the forest officials that they saw a leopard on the prowl on Monday morning in the forest fringe area near Avulapalle. The forest officials who enquired into the matter assured the villagers of prompt action.

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