KOCHI, March 15 -- An attempt by certain vested interests in Kasaragod district to portray leopards and tigers as the culprits behind sheep and goat disappearance falls flat, as it has been proven that domesticated animals are actually stolen by humans.

Images from CCTV cameras have confirmed that men lure goats with biscuits, and the unsuspecting animals fall prey to this trap.

Brothers Abbas and Abdul Hameed of Kumbala village in Kasaragod were in for a shock as they lost 14 goats which they sent for grazing in the periphery of a neighbouring forest.

The goats disappeared over a period of four months and their complaint to Kumbala police evoked no response other than the routine reply that the matter was being probed.

But the brothe...