<p>A calf was killed in a leopard attack at Nimbehalli village in Hirisave hobli, Hassan district, on Tuesday morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Nanjegowda, a resident of the village, had tethered his cattle outside his house on Monday night. It is said that a leopard had tried to attack a stray dog during the wee hours. When the dog escaped from the leopard, the wild cat is said to have pounced on the two-year-old calf, killed it, and had devoured a portion of the carcass. <br /><br />Channarayapatna zonal forest officer Dharmappa and staff Mallesh and Karigowda visited the spot and confirmed that it was a leopard attack.<br /><br />Speaking to Deccan Herald, Dharmappa said that the leopard population was on the rise in the hobli, as a result of which the felines were attacking domestic animals for food. A cage has been placed to trap the leopard, he said, and appealed to the farmers to be careful on their visits to agricultural lands. <br /><br />The leopard has attacked cattle at Anthanahalli, Toobinakere, D Tumkur, Kabballi, Hosahalli, Booka, Sorekayipura and other villages in the hobli in the last one month, he added.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A calf was killed in a leopard attack at Nimbehalli village in Hirisave hobli, Hassan district, on Tuesday morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Nanjegowda, a resident of the village, had tethered his cattle outside his house on Monday night. It is said that a leopard had tried to attack a stray dog during the wee hours. When the dog escaped from the leopard, the wild cat is said to have pounced on the two-year-old calf, killed it, and had devoured a portion of the carcass. <br /><br />Channarayapatna zonal forest officer Dharmappa and staff Mallesh and Karigowda visited the spot and confirmed that it was a leopard attack.<br /><br />Speaking to Deccan Herald, Dharmappa said that the leopard population was on the rise in the hobli, as a result of which the felines were attacking domestic animals for food. A cage has been placed to trap the leopard, he said, and appealed to the farmers to be careful on their visits to agricultural lands. <br /><br />The leopard has attacked cattle at Anthanahalli, Toobinakere, D Tumkur, Kabballi, Hosahalli, Booka, Sorekayipura and other villages in the hobli in the last one month, he added.<br /><br /></p>
