Overview
- A wolf seized a three-year-old from a verandah in Rasulpur Dareta around 4:30 am, and the child's mutilated body was found about one kilometre away, the divisional forest officer said.
- Forest officials say the attack site lies about ten kilometres from earlier hotspots with no nearby sugarcane fields, indicating a shift in the animal’s territory.
- Day-and-night operations are underway using cages, camera traps, drones and awareness drives, with additional deployment reported at the site to track the predator.
- Authorities report 12 deaths, including 10 children, and 32 injuries in wolf attacks since September, and say six wolves linked to prior incidents were previously killed but the threat persists.
- The district administration has urged farmers in Ghaghra floodplain areas to harvest sugarcane promptly and is issuing sugarcane slips on priority to reduce risk.