Overview
- Forest officials say shooters have injured two wolves and earlier killed one adult linked to the attacks that have left six dead, including four children, and about 30 injured since September 9.
- On Saturday, a woman and four children were mauled in separate incidents near Majhara Taukli and Balirajpurwa; a shooter later hit a wolf in the hind leg while averting another attack, and officials say the animal may have died after fleeing into dense grasslands.
- The department attributes the assaults to a pack of four wolves, including two sub-adults about a year old that officials believe carried out many of the recent attacks.
- The containment effort now spans six sectors with around 30 teams and shooters using thermal drones, camera traps, cages, nets and expanded lighting under a divisional command centre.
- Villagers have built machans and formed night patrols as health services run a temporary OPD and transfer critical cases, while a wildlife scientist urges genetic swab testing after each incident to verify the predator species.