BAHRAICH, Nov. 2 -- The wolf that mauled a 15-month-old girl to death in Bahraich early Sunday morning was tracked down and shot dead about 11 hours after the attack, forest officials confirmed. The latest incident has reignited terror across the region's forest belt, which has witnessed a series of deadly wolf attacks in recent months.

Divisional forest officer (DFO) Ram Singh Yadav said the predator, the female wolf aged around 2.5 years, was killed during a forest department operation in Babhanpurva area.

"The team had been tracking the animal since the early hours. Acting on inputs from villagers and drone footage, it was spotted in a sugarcane field near Pradhan Purva. When our team tried to capture it, the wolf attempted to flee a...