kolhapur the farmers living around the sagreshwar wildlife sanctuary in sangli district are facing heavy losses as grazing animals are easily venturing out of the sanctuary limits the fencing of the sanctuary has been damaged at several places sagreshwar wildlife sanctuary is the first manmade wildlife sanctuary in the state farm produce is being eaten by the wild animals straying out of the sanctuary and into the fields causing the farmers losses running into lakhs of rupees amit godse a farmer from takari village near sagreshwar wildlife sanctuary said the deer wild boars peacock porcupines etc have started coming out of the sanctuary and are feasting upon the farm produce we are facing heavy losses due to unseasonal rain and bad weather the arrival of these animals is adding to our frustration our entire years work is going in vain the forest department needs to find some solution at the earliestthis is not the first time that the farmers with fields around the sanctuary are facing losses due to the animals vitthal mane former sarpanch of dudhari village said there was a similar situation earlier as well when late dr patangrao kadam was forest minister he had asked for the sanctuary premises to be protected by applying a chain fencing all around it the idea turned out to be a good one as after that the count of animals coming out had dropped he added that now this old fence has broken at many places it has become very easy for the animals inside the sanctuary to come outto avoid losses to farmers and villagers we request minister vishwajeet kadam to look into this matter and help the farmers added mane