After Niali, mysterious animal kills 12 sheep in Bhanjanagar

Bhubaneswar: After Niali, the fear of the ‘mysterious animal’ seems to be gripping the entire state as sheep deaths continue to be reported from several parts of Odisha at regular intervals.

This time 12 sheep have been reportedly killed by an unknown animal at Badapathar village in Bhanjanagar in the wee hours on Sunday.

Local villagers said that paw marks of the unknown animal have been found near the place where the sheep were killed last night.

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Though forest officials have reached the spot, the local villagers are now in panic as they have already heard about the wild animal that has unleashed terror in Niali by killing over 100 sheep.

Not only Niali, sheep death incidents have also been reported from Jagatsinghpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada and Kendrapara.

The ‘killer’ has remained elusive despite massive operation launched by the forest department at Niali where a special team from Similipal is also camping.