# Odisha mother saves daughter from hyena attack 2026-08-17T19:42:18+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A mother in Odisha's Malkangiri district saved her four-year-old daughter from a hyena attack on Monday night. Meke Madkami, a resident of Jandraguda village, heard her child scream and rushed to confront the animal as it tried to drag the sleeping girl from the verandah. The hyena injured the child on several parts of her body before the mother's intervention forced it to flee. The girl was taken to a hospital in Mathili, where doctors are monitoring her condition. Forest Department officials visited the hospital and spoke to the family. They are investigating how the hyena entered the village from the nearby forest. The incident has raised concerns among local residents. ## Coverage - odishatv.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Malkangiri, Meke Madkami, Odisha Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-mother-saves-daughter-from-hyena-attack/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/odisha-mother-saves-daughter-from-hyena-attack/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/