Boy injured in another wolf attack in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh – The Week

Bahraich (UP), Sept 6 (PTI) – An eight-year-old boy was injured in a wolf attack while playing outside his house in Mahsi tehsil here, his family claimed on Friday.
The boy suffered injuries, including to his face, and was taken to hospital, a government doctor said.
In the last two months, eight people, including seven children, have been killed in a series of wolf attacks in Bahraich district, according to officials, and around three dozen others have been injured.
The latest attack took place on Thursday evening in Golwa village in Mahsi tehsil – a rural area a little closer to the city but away from the areas of all previous attacks.
Sangam Lal's mother Phoolmati told PTI, “The child was playing near the house door. Then the wolf knocked her down and injured her. As soon as the wolf knocked her down, the child started screaming. When we all heard the scream, we ran screaming. When the wolf heard the noise, he left the child and ran away. We all saw the wolf running away.”
The principal of the local medical college, Dr. Sanjay Khatri, said the child was attacked from behind by the wolf.
“He is being treated after being admitted to the medical college. The child has sustained severe facial injuries on the left cheek and neck and has been stitched with two stitches. The child's condition is out of danger,” Khatri said.
Since March, wolves have been attacking children and people in the Mahsi Tehsil area of ​​Bahraich.
Starting on July 17, attacks increased during the rainy season and to date a total of eight people, including seven children, have died as a result of these attacks.
About three dozen people, including women, children and the elderly, were injured, about 20 of them seriously.
Four wolves have been caught in the past, but the attacks continue, leading experts to believe that the real cannibals have not yet been caught.
Thermal imaging drones and thermal sensor cameras have been installed to catch the wolves. The forestry department and the administration are well prepared to catch the man-eating wolves.
Hundreds of officials and staff from various departments are busy catching wolves and conducting awareness campaigns. The Forestry Department has formed six teams in three departments and a team of nine marksmen and 165 officials are busy searching for wolves day and night.
These teams are led by IFS officers brought in from outside the district. A team of experts specially hired from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, is also involved in the operation.