7 killed in 47 days: Forest teams capture killer wolf in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich
LUCKNOW: In a 72-hour non-stop operation, 25 forest department teams, equipped with three vision drones, nets, and tranquilizer guns, successfully captured one of the three killer wolves from the sugarcane fields in Sisiya village, Bahraich.
A forest officer stated that efforts are still underway to catch the remaining two wolves.
Another officer mentioned that they had focused their efforts on the sugarcane fields in Sisiya village, where drone surveillance had detected the movement of the three wolves.
“Our teams were carefully setting traps and tightening the human cordon around the targeted area,” the officer explained.
The captured wolf, a male, is the fourth one apprehended by the forest department. The team believes this wolf had been on the hunt for the past two months.
In a span of 47 days, seven people, including six children, were killed by the wolves in Bahraich.
Forest Teams close in with Drones and tranquilizer guns
A two-member TOI team joined the forest department’s hunt for three killer wolves in Bahraich, where 25 teams, equipped with night-vision drones, nets, and tranquilizer guns, are conducting one of the largest hunting operations in recent years.
The three wolves have already claimed the lives of seven villagers, including six children, and injured 22 others over the past 45 days.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath sent Forest Minister Arun Kumar Saxena to the site for an on-the-spot report. After a continuous 48-hour search, a breakthrough came at 9:30 am Wednesday, when drones spotted the wolves near the house of Holi Yadav in the Sisiya village sugarcane fields.
One wolf was limping due to an injured left foot. Divisional Forest Officer Akashdeep Badhawan stated, “We are approaching with caution this time. Wolves are clever, and they escaped twice before. A trap with a goat as bait has been set, and a tranquilizer team is on standby for a breakthrough.”