"Only one wolf is left, trying our best to catch sixth wolf," says Bahraich divisional forest officer
Sep 14, 2024
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 14 : Forest department officials are putting in all efforts to capture the sixth "killer" wolf under 'Operation Bhediya' campaign that was launched in the State to capture a pack of six wolves that have killed nine people and injured 50 people since July this year.
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Bahraich, Ajit Singh said on Friday, "There was no water in these farms. And it has not been raining, yet water is rising in these farms. So, this has narrowed its (wolf's) area of movement. Now, we can ask the residents here and find out which areas never get affected by rising water and flood-like situations. And carry out our search operation there."
"The second possibility is that it (the wolf) could have been relocated because of the flood-like situation. This will make it difficult for us to carry out the search operation...We are trying our best and searching the whole area...There has been no attack for now," Singh told ANI.
The Uttar Pradesh Forest Department captured the fifth 'killer' wolf on September 10, while one wolf remains elusive. The wolves had been behind several attacks on villagers in Bahraich and the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department took the wolf to a rescue shelter.
The Uttar Pradesh Forest Department had initiated "Operation Bhediya" to apprehend the pack of wolves responsible for recent attacks in 25-30 villages under Mahsi tehsil in the Bahraich range of Bahraich Forest Division.
The Forest Department in Bahraich had installed snap cameras at most of the probable habitats of wolves in the area to monitor any movement by them, which would also help the forest department to learn about the movement of the wolves in order to catch them.
Three snap cameras have also been installed in Sikandarpur village around six caves, which local villagers claim to be the habitat of the wolves. 9 people have been killed and more than 50 people have been injured until now due to the attacks by the wolves in various villages of Bahraich.
