After wolves, now unrestrained leopard terrorises UP’s Bahraich | India Information

NEW DELHI: Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh has been witnessing an unpleasant consequence of human-wildlife battle, with wild a leopard loitering unrestrained within the metropolis, which solely final yr handled the menace of wolves.
5 individuals have been injured in Bahraich’s Bargadwa village on Thursday in latest incidents of leopard assaults, which have petrified the hamlet.
“Leopard attacked 5 individuals… it stays within the village and every day takes away canines in addition to youngsters…,” recounted sufferer Shankardayal in a dialog with information company ANI.
Panic crept in Bargadwa Thursday morning after a leopard focused 5 individuals, three of whom are being handled and two have been referred for additional care.
“A case can be filed by tonight and monetary help can be offered to the injured,” stated Katarniaghat Bahraich DFO B Shivshankar.
Relating to the human-wildlife battle, the forest division suggested individuals to not go alone into sugarcane fields or depart meat or livestock outdoors.
“Leopards are likely to keep away from teams, so staying in pairs or teams may also help stop assaults,” Shivshankar stated.
In 2024, October, villagers in panic-stricken Mahsi tehsil of Bahraich district killed a sixth wolf.
In accordance with forest officers, that was the final of the “killer” pack that terrorised over 55 villages within the area since March, claiming 9 lives and injuring over 50 in a sequence of wolf assaults.
Residents of Tamachpur village stated that the wolf had tried to assault a toddler sleeping subsequent to his mom within the courtyard of a home within the village, however on listening to the mom’s screams, the wolf ran away and attacked a goat there.
Later, the villagers surrounded the wolf and beat it to dying, they stated.
Earlier on September 10, a fifth wolf was captured as a part of the “Operation Bhediya” marketing campaign that was ongoing within the area to catch the “killer” pack.