Chitwan, October 2
Nepal and India are preparing to conduct a joint census of tigers in the national parks, forests and sanctuaries in both countries using the camera trap method.
Conservation authorities from both the countries will install cameras in various locations in the tiger habitats as well as their roaming areas and track down their movements. The count will begin from the second week of November, according to the Director-General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Man Bahadur Khadka.
Khadka said that although tiger census has been conducted jointly in Nepal and India in the past, this will be the first time that both the countries are using the same method.
Tigers will be counted in Chitwan National Park in Chitwan and Parsa Wildlife Reserve, and the adjacent Balmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar. Similar operations will be carried out in Nepal’s Bardia National Park and India’s Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary and Shuklaphanta National Park in Nepal and Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, south of the border.
As per the 2013 census, 198 Royal Bengal Tigers were found in Nepal, 120 of them were found in Chitwan.
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