Overview

• Six people, including four children, have been killed and more than 20 injured in three weeks of suspected wolf attacks across Kaiserganj villages.
• Divisional forest officer Ram Singh Yadav says a four-wolf pack is responsible, with one adult male shot dead and three others still at large.
• Authorities are pursuing Operation Wolf with drones, camera traps, trap cages, shooters and extensive lighting, and the forest minister said more than 20 teams are now deployed.
• Villagers in Tedia killed a jackal after it injured Raj Kumar and his daughter Sushila, and the carcass has been sent for a post-mortem as officials warn of misidentification risks.
• A recovered adult canid carcass is awaiting autopsy results, schools have been closed in affected areas, and residents maintain night vigils from machans to deter attacks.