Tiger Census Begins in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal

Kanchanpur. The tiger census began in Shuklaphanta National Park in Kanchanpur on Tuesday.

The Shuklaphanta National Park stated that the tiger count has commenced by installing camera traps in Shuklaphanta, the adjoining Laljhanda-Mohana Conservation Area, and Jogbuda in Dadeldhura as part of the National Tiger Census.

The park office formally initiated the tiger census today by organizing a program. The park office informed that Shuklaphanta-Laljhanda-Jogbuda has been divided into 260 grids of two by two kilometers. Shuklaphanta, where 43 Bengal tigers were counted previously, has been conducting a tiger census every year. Spanning 305 square kilometers, Shuklaphanta is the national park with the highest density of tigers in a small area.

It is reported that the tiger population here is high due to the abundance of prey species. Chandra Shekhar Chaudhary, Senior Conservation Officer at Shuklaphanta National Park, informed that 580 camera traps have been installed for the tiger census, and a technical team of 77 personnel will be deployed.