UP's Bahraich wolf hunt: Villagers kill final predator ending months of terror

Bahraich: The terror caused by a six-member wolf pack in Bahraich's Mahsi region in Uttar Pradesh has finally come to an end, with the last remaining wolf killed by villagers in Tamachpur. The predator, responsible for multiple attacks on humans and livestock, was beaten to death while attempting to hunt a goat.

Following the incident, the forest department recovered the body of the wolf. A postmortem will be conducted and further action will be taken based on the findings. 

"For many days the department's teams were trying to catch this last wolf. When we got information that there was an animal body lying in a village. We immediately went there with our team and saw that a dead wolf was lying there since there were marks of wounds on his body. It is possible that these villagers or some other people killed it. We will investigate this. Only after investigation will we be able to say anything further," Bahraich District Forest Officer Ajit Singh said.

For months, the wolf pack terrorised several villages across Mahsi tehsil in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, 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 had captured the fifth 'killer' wolf on September 10.

In order to capture the sixth wolf, the Forest Department in Bahraich had installed snap cameras at most of the probable habitats of wolves in the area to monitor any movement.

Three snap-cameras were installed in Sikandarpur village around six caves, which local villagers claim to be the habitat of the wolves.

Nine people were killed and more than 40 people have been injured until now due to the attacks by the man-eater wolves in various villages of Bahraich.

ANI