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Wolf Pack Kills Woman

TBILISI (Bloomberg) — A pack of wolves killed a woman in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia in the third attack in a month, leading authorities to hand out weapons to locals for self-defense.

“We are putting Kakheti on high alert,” Governor Gia Chalatashvili said Friday in televised comments. “Residents will be given guns and ammunition to defend themselves. Police will also be involved.”

The womanÂ’s remains were discovered Friday in the village of Giorgitsminda, about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the capital Tbilisi, the Imedi television station reported. The woman had been missing for several days.

Several villages in Kakheti have reported wolf attacks on livestock and humans in the last month, Chalatashvili said. About two weeks ago, the animals savaged a woman in the village of Pirosmani, seriously injuring her throat.