Leopards kill 40 sheep, goats in Ramban

Banihal, November 6

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At least 40 sheep and goats were killed in an attack by leopards in a mountainous area of Ramban district, officials said on Friday.

A leap of leopards entered the animal sheds of Gulzar Ahmad Chandail and Farooq Ahmad Chandail at Gundi Gagra village in Gool subdivision of the district on Thursday night, Range Officer of the Wildlife Department Ramban Mansoor Ahmed said, adding that they killed at least 40 sheep and goats inside the structures.

Ahmed said a team of Wildlife Department officials was dispatched to the Kali Masta panchayat from Ramban to take stock of the situation. He said there was no provision of any kind of compensation for livestock killed in a wild attack in the wildlife division of Kishtwar. — PTI