erode an animal that looked like a leopard killed eight sheep near chithode in erode district of tamil nadu in the early hours of tuesday forest officials saidthe animal killed all the eight sheep of k sakthivel 38 of karattupalayam village the sheep were kept in a pen behind his housearound 3 am i heard an unusual sound from the pen i went there to check and saw a leopardlike animal jumping out of the pen it disappeared into the darkness sakthivel told toi sakthivel informed forest department officials who reached the spot and collected the pugmarks to identify the animal they checked footage from cctv cameras in which they spotted an animal that looked like a leoparda case was registered