Overview
- Over the past month at Mohanlal Sukhadia University’s Arts College in Udaipur, a single squirrel has bitten roughly 18 to 20 people near the Psychology and Women’s Studies departments.
- The case intensified on April 22 when two research scholars were bitten, with later reports also naming students, staff, and the college dean among the injured.
- Animal Aid teams have come twice and set cages, but the squirrel escaped each effort as the college moves to bring in wildlife experts for capture and relocation.
- Health officials have given tetanus and precautionary anti‑rabies shots to victims and say rabies from squirrels is rare but any bite should be checked by a doctor.
- Fear has disrupted daily routines on campus, and experts suggest territorial nesting, extreme heat, hunger, or partial blindness could explain the animal’s unusual aggression.