Leopard sighting in twin Bandipora villages triggers panic

Locals seek authorities intervention

Locals seek authorities intervention

Wahid Rafeeqi


Bandipora, July 24 (KNS) : Panic gripped the densely populated twin including Nesbal and Madwan villages of North kashmir's Bandipora district on Sunday after two leopards were sighted. 
 
Locals told kashmir news service (KNS), that the appearance of the leopards created panic in the areas and people tried to chase them out from the area.

Rather Mehraj Sarpanch Nasbal told Kashmir News Service (KNS), that wild animals are roming in the villages since many last days and have caused damage to livestock but wildlife department fails to act so far. 

"Our children feel unsafe ,even we can't go our orchards, we once requested wil life department to catch the wild animals so we feel sigh of relief," he said. 

Meanwhile, an official said that the teams of the wildlife department were deputed to these areas earlier in the day to locate the animal and catch it before it caused any casualty(KNS).

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