Telangana: Wild animal kills 23 sheep in Asifabad; tiger suspected

Locals said that the wild animal killed sheep belonging to Dandiga Bapu, Binkar Shankar and Ramagiri Shankar by attacking the herd at around 2 am

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A wild animal attacked a herd of sheep and killed 23 sheep at Kurtha village in Koutala mandal late on Wednesday night.

Locals said that the wild animal killed sheep belonging to Dandiga Bapu, Binkar Shankar and Ramagiri Shankar by attacking the herd at around 2 am. They suspected that it might be a tiger which killed the sheep. They requested officials of the Forest department to inspect the spot and to identify the wild animal.

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However, forest officials said that either wild dogs or stray dogs might have killed the sheep by observing pugmarks of the wild animal. They said that the wild animal which attacked the herd was not a tiger. They reasoned that tigers tend to consume the flesh of cattle rather than sheep and they attack the prey in forests.