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Leopard attacks man in Wayanad

Staff Reporter

KOZHIKODE: A leopard created panic near Pulpally in Wayanad after it attacked and injured a man near Sasi Mala on Saturday. P. Sasi, 40, was attacked as he was walking in a hilly pepper grove.

The leopard was with a cub. Sasi was admitted to a hospital in Sulthan Bathery with injuries on his head and legs.

The Forest Department personnel had set a trap for the leopard after local people complained that the animal had become a threat to them and domestic animals.

However, the animal remains at large. Nearly 40 goats and a number of dogs were killed in recent times reportedly by the leopard.

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