The terror of wolves in Bahraich is not stopping, as a man-eating wolf attacked again in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich on Tuesday night (September 10). After the attack, the wolf ran away. The injured girl has been admitted to the local government hospital for treatment. After this attack panic gripped in the village among people.
On Tuesday morning, the forest department team succeeded in catching 4th wolf. The forest department team, along with the villagers, surrounded the area and caught a female wolf in the Mahsi area. The wolf was brought to the forest range office in a cage and its health checkup was done. The age of the female wolf is said to be around four years.
“The girl is safe now. The people of the village are alert and monitoring is being done. No such incident was reported from the last seven days and one wolf was captured yesterday,” said Raghavendra Dwivedi, DPRO Bahraich.
A member of her family, Sunil Kumar said, "A wolf came here at night and dragged the child out of the house to the road...A boy was sitting there. When the wolf brought the girl there, he called out. The wolf was alarmed and he ran away after leaving the girl there. The wolf had been to the village 3-4 times earlier too..."
Preparations are underway to send it to Gorakhpur Zoo. The forest department teams have intensified the campaign to catch the only surviving wolf. One of the attacking wolves was injured in the leg and was limping, making this wolf the most dangerous. DFO Ajit Pratap Singh said that now only one wolf is left. Efforts have been intensified to catch him. A location has been found where he is likely to be present. He will be caught soon.