Overview

• Forest shooters killed a wolf at about 4 am Thursday in Kaiserganj after overnight attempts to capture it alive failed.
• Authorities report two of the four wolves have been neutralised, one is injured and missing, and one remains unaccounted for.
• Since September 9, six people have been killed and 25 injured in wolf attacks in the Kaisarganj/Mahsi area, according to forest officials.
• On Wednesday, two children and a woman were injured in separate incidents in Thagpurwa, Kodainpurwa and Sainpurwa villages.
• The Forest Department has divided the area into sectors and deployed drones, camera traps, CCTVs, trapping cages and veterinary teams under orders to capture or, if needed, kill, with ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.