Five goats were found dead with injuries on a farmland in Erode city on Monday. The police said that Eswaran, a resident of Narankadu in Thangam Nagar, owns over 10 cattle. He rears them on his farmland. On Monday, he found five goats dead with injuries, believed to have been inflicted by an unidentified animal. He alerted the Erode Taluk police, who inspected the scene. Revenue officials also visited the spot. Preliminary inquiries suggested that the goats could have been killed by stray dogs. The incident has caused panic among residents.