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Leopard on loose sparks fear in Abbottabad town

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ABBOTTABAD: A leopard strayed into a populated town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Abbottabad, local residents said on Thursday, a week after a big cat was killed in the city’s Khushi Kote Palak Union Council.

The leopard entered Bakote town, sparking fear among the residents who said the wild animal also attacked livestock.

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The locals appealed to the wildlife department to capture the leopard at the earliest.

Earlier, on March 30, the residents of Malkot village adjacent to Ayubia town captured and killed a leopard that attacked their valley and charged at elderly people in the village.

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The locals opened fire on the leopard and wounded it fatally. A day later, three persons were booked under Wildlife Act 2015 for allegedly killing the leopard.

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