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For months now, many villages in UP’s Bahraich district have been on edge as wolves have killed 10 peopleꦍ, including nine children, while d෴ozens others are injured.
A 3-year-𒉰old child was killed in a wolf attack on Monday ♏while two woman sustained injuries in another similar incident reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich.
Wildlife experts believe 🐓wolves attack humans either wh🍌en they are provoked, like their pups are hurt or killed. Besides, they attack humans when they feel scarcity of their natural prey.
The authorities s🎶aid there was a pack of six wolves th💎at were attacking people. Out of them, four wolves have been captured while two others remain untraceable.
The UP government launched 'Operation Bhediya' to capture the wolves in Bahraich under which 16 teams of forest department equipped with drone cameras and thermal mapping technology t🍎o locate and capture the wolves. It also involved using firecrackers to g𝓰uide the wolf to a specific location where it was tranquillized and subsequently transported to a zoo.
The ♑forest department officials are burning elephant dung to create a scent that simulates the presence of elephants to drive away the wꦦolves in Bahraich. Wolves expert believe tend to avoid large animals like elephants.
The officials are also using colourful teddy dolls soaked in children’s urine as a bait to capture ‘hunter wol🐭ves’. These dolls have been strategicallꦫy placed near the riverbanks, close to the wolves' resting places and dens.
Historicall🐭y, even B♛ritish had attempted to eliminate wolves from Bahraich’s Mahsai tehsil, even offering rewards for killing them. However, despite these efforts, the wolves managed to survive and continue to inhabit the area.
The villagers in Bahraich are expressing their resentment with the administration as they say that despite spotting wolf or its footprints many times and informing forest departme𓆉nt, they are asked for video proof, reports stated.