A search operation is underway in Bahraich to track down the remaining two wolves, aiming to end the threat posed by the man-eater that has already claimed the lives of eight people, including seven children and a woman, and injured 15 others in the past two months, according to the Divisional Forest Officer of Bahraich.

Of the six wolves, four have been captured so far. The fourth wolf was apprehended on Thursday and has been transferred to a rescue shelter managed by the Forest Department.

Earlier, Divisional Forest Officer Akashdeep Badhawan from Barabanki saithat the pack of wolves was under constant surveillance, and one wolf had been caught on Thursday.

“We have traced three wolves that were regularly under our surveillance with the help of direct, indirect sighting, pad marks, as well as using IR drones. When we located one of them, we localised the area. It was later tranquillized with the help of vets present with us,” he said.

“There are still two left under our surveillance and we are also changing our strategies according to the local conditions, and we are hopeful that we will rescue them as soon as possible. Three have already been rescued since the start of the month and out of the remaining three, one had been rescued today and there are still two left,” Badhawan added.

On Wednesday, the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department deployed an infrared (IR) drone in Bahraich, where it detected the presence of two wolves. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ajeet Pratap Singh said that the drone had captured footage of the wolves moving near the village.

(ANI)