The Forest Department is to fix camera traps at Kalaiyanur village, near Coimbatore, to monitor a leopard that is on the prowl in the area and had preyed on livestock.
Farmers said at least six goats and a few pet dogs were killed by the carnivore in the past several days.
The leopard killed two goats belonging to Mahesh Prasath, a resident of Nanjundapuram, at his farm at Kalaiyanur in the early hours of Wednesday.
