A few days after an animal killed a two-year-old child in Mahashi in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh-an incident that revived the apprehension in an area suffering from wolf attacks last year-a forest department team caught a woman wolf on Saturday, which provided some relief to the local people.
A packet of wolves led to this melting about 10 months after terrorizing 35 villages in the Mahasi area, killing eight people – most of the children – and at least 18 others were injured.
After the boy’s death on 3 June, his family and locals said that a wolf was responsible for the attack. However, forest officials said the animal involved will be confirmed only after the DNA report from the Forensic Laboratory of Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. A part of the victim’s remains have been sent for testing and the report is awaited.
“We captured the wolf after the vicinity of the area where it was seen using the thermal drone. While we can’t confirm whether it is the same animal who killed the child, it was necessary to catch it due to widespread public anger after the incident,” Ajit Kumar Singh, Divisional Forest Officer, said Bahraich.
Singh said that there was a concern that the wolf might have been killed by the local people if seen, because the anger was running high since the boy’s death.
The animal is currently undergoing a medical examination.
Wolf was caught in the village of Puchsa of Sardal, located about 3 km from Gadmar Kala, where the boy, Ayush, was killed. In early June 3, the animal allegedly entered the house and removed Ayush. Although the family woke up and tried to chase it, their efforts were unsuccessful. The next morning, Ayush’s body was found in a nearby sugarcane area, in which parts of its organs were surrounded.
The forest department officials reached the spot after receiving the report that an animal, considered a wolf, entered a house in Gadmar art and took a child.
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Last year, during the two -month long operation, the forest department attributed six wolves to be responsible for the death of eight people. Initially, the authorities convicted a jackal, but later, based on images based on drone footage and images using thermal cameras, it was confirmed that the wolves were behind the attacks.
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