Unidentified wild animal kills 20 sheep in Mancherial

Around 20 sheep were killed by an unidentified wild animal in Patha Mancherial. Forest officials suspect a hyena or leopard and will provide compensation after inquiry. Locals have been advised to protect their livestock from similar attacks.

Mancherial: An unidentified wild animal killed 20 sheep in a shed at Patha Mancherial on the outskirts of this town late on Thursday night.

Locals said that an unknown wild animal attacked a herd of sheep and killed 20 of them. Owner of the sheep woke up to see bodies of livestock in the shed early in the morning. He brought this incident to the notice of the Forest officials. He claimed that the value of the loss would be around Rs 3 lakh.

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On receiving information, Forest officials inspected the spot of the incident. They suspected that either a hyena or a leopard might have killed the sheep. They stated that compensation would be paid to the farmer after an inquiry into the incident. They advised the locals to protect their cattle in the wake of the attack by wild animals.