National Trust for Nature Conservation Deploys Teams to Track and Control Problematic Wildlife

The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) has deployed a technical team to identify, track, and control problematic wildlife.

Member Secretary Dr. Naresh Subedi informed that NTNC has currently deployed teams directly in various areas across three districts to identify, track, and control problematic wildlife.

"The rescue teams dispatched from the Fund's Bardiya office are currently in Karnali and Lumbini Provinces," he said. The rescue teams are concentrated in the Barbardiya and Gulariya areas of Bardiya, Kalimati of Salyan, and Bhairavi Rural Municipality of Dailekh. He stated that the team is working in coordination with the Ministry of Forest and Environment, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, and local administration.

The Fund's technicians are monitoring problematic wildlife 24 hours a day, and 'baits' have been placed in three locations in Salyan to control the problematic tiger. A rescue cage has been kept ready in Bardiya to control the leopard. Efforts are underway in Dailekh to manage the conflict involving wild boars, Member Secretary Dr. Subedi said.

This rescue operation began after incidents of human casualties and injuries caused by tigers in Salyan and wild boars in Dailekh were reported recently. The Fund's team has been deployed in coordination with the Ministry of Forest and the National Parks Administration after reports emerged that a leopard attacked livestock and locals in Barbardiya.

In the last two months alone, the technical team has rescued two leopards from Tikapur and Balapur and brought one problematic tiger under control.