People and farmers in villages surrounding Saidapur hobli in Gurmitkal taluk of Yadgir district are apprehensive after pugmarks of a leopard were sighted on the outskirts of agricultural fields in Shettihalli village.
Farmers are scared to go to the fields to prepare land for the Rabi season. Shepherds who used to take their sheep and goats for grazing are facing difficulties staying near forest areas. On the other hand, villagers are not ready to go outside, especially at night, because of a possible leopard attack.
“I am not going to my land even to see standing cotton crop because of the likely presence of a leopard. It is difficult for any farmer to sit at home and spend time doing nothing. But, circumstances do not permit me to go to my fields,” a farmer in Shettihalli said.
