A wave of alleged wolf attacks has caused panic across a dozen villages in the Bahraich district’s Kaisarganj and Mahsi tehsils. In the past 20 days, eleven attacks have left two young girls dead and nine people injured, officials said on Thursday.
Authorities have deployed over 100 personnel, including police, forest officials, and experts from other states, to track and capture the animals. “A control room has been set up, and teams are using thermal drones, night-vision cameras, and camera traps,” said Dr. Simran M, Conservator of Forest, Devipatan Division.
Meanwhile, villagers have resorted to patrolling with sticks to protect themselves.
On September 9, a four-year-old girl named Jyoti was allegedly carried off by a wolf and found dead the next morning. Just two days later, on September 11, a three-month-old girl named Sandhya was snatched from her mother’s lap and later found with fatal injuries.
This year’s incidents echo a similar series of attacks from last year, when a pack of wolves killed nine people and injured dozens more in the same region. In response, the government had declared the area a “wildlife disaster-prone area” and initiated “Operation Wolf” to capture the animals.
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