Indian Jackal
This is the second jackal to be killed in the past two days, they said.
A jackal attacked three-year-old Priyanshu in the Newari village of Karari area on Wednesday and then one Ramdas (35), who was working in his field in the same village, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) RS Yadav said.
The animal later reached Khojpur village and attacked Shivbabu, Yadav said.
The villagers surrounded the animal in the Newari area and beat it with sticks, leading to its death, later on Wednesday, the DFO said.
The animal's post-mortem confirmed that it was jackal, Yadav said.
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Records of the increasing number of attacks by other animals can be found under the Topics-Animal heading located here. Included are reports of attacks by dogs, wolves, bears, coyotes, elephants, sharks, alligators, bison, kangaroos, monkeys, hyenas, leopards, cougars, tigers, otters, wild boar, seals, sea lions, pythons and sundry others (some deadly, some non-fatal but atypical), with the database going back to 2006.