Bardiya residents continue protest following death of teenager in clash with police
An 18-year-old girl died of bullet wounds on Monday when police opened fire at protesters seeking protection from wildlife attacks.
An 18-year-old girl died of bullet wounds on Monday when police opened fire at protesters seeking protection from wildlife attacks.
Park plans to install iron fencing around 25 hectares of forest to let tigers to roam freely.
A count conducted this month found 190 blackbucks in the Khairapura Blackbuck Conservation Area. Their number last year was 177.
The onset of high season for tiger watching and dwindling Covid-19 cases are the reasons behind the increase, tourism entrepreneurs say.
Attacks from leopards and hyenas threaten the survival of the near-threatened species.
Lack of permanent embankments on river is giving sleepless nights to residents.
People are buying self-prescribed medicines based on information shared on social media platforms.
Around 40 percent of those visiting Bardiya National Park are successful in spotting tigers in their natural habitat, say jungle safari guides.
47 persons were interrogated for peddling contraband in Bardiya in the last month alone.
The study is expected to lend solutions to the problem of human-animal conflict.
Parched animals enter human settlements in search of water that leads to human-wildlife conflict.
Five people have been killed in tiger attacks in the area so far this fiscal year.
More than a dozen huts have been set up inside Jaya Kusumba Devi Community Forest in Gulariya after the formation of Land Problems Resolution Commission last March.
Food Management and Trading Company is offering farmers Rs500 per quintal more than the market price.
The tiger was found dead in a trap set by poachers, say park officials.