Parks grapple with limited cage space for captive tigers

As tiger numbers grow in Nepal’s forests, effectively managing human-tiger conflict and rehabilitation presents key challenges for conservation.

The striped tiger or Royal Bengal tiger is an endangered species. They are found in some national parks and forests in the Tarai region of Nepal. According to the latest tiger census held in 2021, the tiger population in Nepal has reached 355, with the country nearly tripling the number in 12 years. In 2010, there were 121 tigers in the country. The number had risen to 198 in 2013 and 235 in 2018.