A leadknot without anything attached is not saved when reloading.
Connect an animal to a fence
Kill the animal
Notice the still existing knot.
Reload world
Notice the missing knot.
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I added a step-by-step guide.
I was not sure what you meant with Minecraft environment.

Thank you, that's a duplicate of MC-16663.
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Unable to reproduce, reloading while lead-ing a cow did not delete the lead - please provide more detailed reproduction steps, as well as information about your Minecraft environment.
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