COLOMBO (News1st): A leopard has preyed on a dog at a house in Nuwara Eliya, amidst a growing pattern of similar incidents in the country.

The recent incident was of a leopard that preyed on a dog at the Chislar Farm estate that is home to more than 200 families.

Residents live in fear due to sudden leopard encroachments.

“About three months ago, a leopard had broken into a chicken coop downstairs,” one resident point out adding that travelling in the area is dangerous.

Villagers claim that the leopards encroaching their village belong to the Singimale forest reserve.

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