This theory was further fuelled by the dog’s appearance in videos, where it was seen interacting with a leopard. Some suggested that the dog was being used to provoke a leopard encounter.

DHARMAPURI: A leopard wandered into a farmland and preyed on a dog raised by a local farmer, in Kuppankottai on Monday. Forest officials said that staff will be stationed here at night and trap ...

A wild animal, suspected to be a leopard, triggered panic at Chathirur, Keezhpally, in Kannur and reportedly took away a pet dog from the house of Benoy, a resident, early on Tuesday morning.