Kasaragod, Sep 11 (PTI) Residents of Padanna panchayat here on Sunday complained of a suspected attack of a jackal on them and their livestock.
Locals told reporters that a man named Prabhakaran was attacked by the jackal this morning. Another person named Bhaskaran had a narrow escape from the wild animal.
“It (jackal) tried to attack me. I jumped into a water body and escaped,” Bhaskaran told the reporters.
The attacks were reported from Machikkad and Ayitti regions of the panchayat.
“We heard about such an incident. I have sought a report from a divisional forest official at Kasaragod,” Kerala north circle chief conservator of forests, K S Deepa, told PTI.
Goats and cows were attacked.
“One of the goat’s got injured in its ear while three cows were harmed. Two pet dogs also were injured,” a local resident said. PTI RRT NVG NVG
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