India, Oct. 7 -- BAHRAICH Divisional forest officer, Bahraich, Ram Singh Yadav on Monday said he has received a letter from principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) Anuradha Vemuri, instructing that efforts should be made to first capture and rescue the wolves involved in killing six people in the district in the last over a month even as he emphasised that there was no shoot at sight order in effect and killing wild animals was last resort in case rescue efforts fail.

While confirming that he received the letter dated September 26 on September 27, the DFO said: "The directive makes clear that authorities must first attempt to rescue and capture the wolves. If the animals are not caught despite all efforts, only then will action...