The people living in Bareilly village are afraid of a wolf attack which has killed five of them, all being children and injured other many ones for the last 50 days. Although three wolves have been caught by the forest officerWorld Health Organization, it is still attacking.
Muskaan, an eight year old farmer’s daughter was taken by a wolf on Wednesday. From Maghihrabatori Village when a wolf entered their house while she was sleeping. Officials are combing through the area looking for any signs of that animal.
According to Lalit Verma, field director of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, “the current spate of human-wolf conflict is temporary and is brought about by the flooding of Ghagra river.” Some families move to these areas due to water logging in their usual habitat as they normally live at the edge of forest because.
S.K. Singh, SHO Hardi police station commented “All affected villages are tense; it appears these places have become ghost towns. Wolf attacks occur frequently with one such instance where a child was almost dragged away from his father by a wolf.” Crowds sometimes get out of control.
