LUCKNOW: Forest rangers in northern India have deployed drones and camera traps to track wolves responsible for killing nine people, mostly children, in recent weeks. The latest victim, a 10-month-old girl, was snatched by a wolf while sleeping beside her mother in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, and later found dead in a field.
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A day earlier, a five-year-old boy was taken from outside his home in plain sight of his mother. He was found mauled in a sugarcane field and died on the way to the hospital. Officials said the attacks followed a familiar pattern seen across several villages since September.
Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav noted unusual wolf behavior, with the animals becoming active during daytime. “The behaviour of wolves seems to have changed. Of late, they are seen active in daytime, which is strange,” he said. Authorities have also deployed shooters to manage the threat.
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Bahraich district witnessed a similar wave of attacks last year, when a pack of wolves killed nine people and injured several others. The region’s grassland plains lie about 50 kilometres south of the Nepal border, near dense Himalayan foothill forests.
Experts say wolves generally avoid humans, preferring small prey such as antelopes, and attacks typically occur only when they are starving. India’s roughly 3,000 plains wolves live mostly outside protected areas, often near human settlements, and are smaller than Himalayan wolves.
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Villagers are now living in constant fear, with children unsafe even inside their homes. “We just want the attacks to stop,” said one resident. Authorities continue to monitor the wolves closely in hopes of preventing further casualties.