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Bahrain: The terror of wolves is disturbing people’s sleep in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. Nights in 30 villages in the district have become quite scary. While men keep watch, women are confined to their homes with their children. The fear of wolves is tormenting people. There were sporadic incidents of wolf attacks from March to June, but their number has increased in the last month. In the attacks so far, the wolf pack has killed eight children and one woman. These wolves have injured 35 people in these attacks. These include children, women and the elderly. In this atmosphere of fear, some families have sent their children abroad with relatives. Seeing that the situation is becoming serious, the Forest Department has started Operation Wolf. Along with 16 teams, 12 district-level officers are camping. So far the team has caught three wolves. Of these, one died and two are kept in the Lucknow Zoo. The wolves have become more aggressive after the capture of their three companions.

Seven deaths in one month

Seven people have been killed in wolf attacks in the last one month. The three killer wolves that spread terror in Sisia village in Bahraich district are still out of reach. Despite continuous search operations by 25 teams of the Forest Department, there is no sign of any effect. These three wolves hunted seven villagers, including six children, in the last 45 days. Killed them and injured 22 people. Follow-up with the forest department teams. The forest staff were equipped with night vision drones, nets and tranquilliser guns. This has been one of the biggest hunting expeditions in Uttar Pradesh in recent years.

CM Yogi Adityanath sent Forest Minister Arun Kumar Saxena to Ground Zero on Wednesday to brief them about Operation Bhediya. After 48 hours of continuous search, the teams finally saw a ray of hope at 9.30 am on Wednesday. The drone spotted the three wolves in the sugarcane fields near Holi Yadav’s house in Sisia village.

“Wolves are smart”

Divisional forest officer Akashdeep Badhawan said wolves are intelligent. In the last two attempts, when we were close to catching them, they managed to escape. This time we have laid a trap by keeping a goat as bait. A tranquiliser team will be ready as soon as success is achieved. He said we have spread elephant dung and urine on the streets of villages to scare away wolves. When dung is set on fire, it emits a smell that mimics that of elephants. They are known to scare away predators like wolves. The idea is to create the illusion of being surrounded by elephants.

Akashdeep said that the villagers were busy chanting ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ waiting for divine intervention to avert the menace. Holi Yadav’s (54) house is near a sugarcane field and wolves are hiding there. They say that prayers and chants will scare away the wolves. It will end their reign of terror. Today, a different peace prevails in 30 villages of Hardi police station area. Here there were 5 deaths due to wolf attacks in six weeks. The streets and quarters of the villages are deserted.

The terror began in March.

The wolf terror started in Bahraich from the month of March. The first news of a wolf attack reached Mahsi tehsil. On March 10, a wolf took away a three-year-old girl from Mishranpurwa. 13 days later, on March 23, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy fell victim to a wolf in Nayapurwa. Wolf attacks were frequent from April to the end of June. Among them, 10 children and old people were injured. Wolf attacks have been continuously increasing since July 17. In this case, a woman and six children have fallen victim to wolves. In this sequence, the Forest Department captured a wolf on August 3, which died. On August 8 and 18, two wolves were captured in cages. After this, the wolf pack became more dangerous. 25 people, including innocent people, were injured in the wolf attack.

Operation Bhediya began in full swing

According to Divisional Forest Officer Ajit Pratap Singh, permission has been granted to tranquilise the wolves. Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Wildlife Sanjay Srivastava said that several teams have been deployed under Operation Wolf. DM Monica Rani has said in this regard that along with financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the deceased, Rs 20 lakh has been donated from the Critical Gap Fund for installing high-mast and solar lights in the affected villages and Rs 5 lakh for installing gates in the houses has been going on. CM Yogi Adityanath has also called for the case report.

Request for people not to sleep outdoors

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and head of the department Sudhir Kumar Sharma said that the Forest Department has informed the CM about the teams deployed in Bahraich and the efforts made so far. The Chief Minister has asked that the wolves be caught and compensation be given to the affected families. Meanwhile, Forest Minister Dr Arun Kumar Saxena said that we are all concerned about the incident of wolf attacks in Bahraich. Chief Conservator of Forests Renu Singh has been sent to the spot. The authorities have been instructed to make all possible efforts to catch the wolves soon. The Forest Minister has asked people not to sleep in the open.