Bahraich wolf attacks

[1] About 50 villages are located in the Mahasi Tehsil of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh along the floodplains of the Ghaghara River.

[7][8] On March 10, a wolf carried away a three-year-old girl from Mishram Purwa village when she was sleeping in the open and her body was never recovered.

[4] On September 2, the wolves killed a three year old and attacked two elderly women in Nauhan Garethi village on the same night.

[12] On September 4, the wolves entered a house and carried away a sleeping seven-year-old boy, whose body was found the next day.

The incidents occurred at night when the victims were sleeping and the wolf ran away after the villagers raised an alarm.

[17] According to Amita Kanaujia of the Lucknow University, climate change has resulted in flooding during the monsoons, which have altered the habitat of the wolves.

As a result, the wolves are often driven out of the traditional habitat and forced into human settlements in search of food.

[4] Officials stated that the either the animals might have been infected by Rabies or they might have started to attack humans for encroaching their territory.

[17] The Government of Uttar Pradesh launched a campaign named Operation Bhediya to capture the wolves that were suspected to be behind the attacks.

[23][10] The state government has conducted awareness campaigns in the area and the villagers were instructed to install doors to the houses.