Poaching, smuggling go unchecked in Dhorpatan due to security lapse

Taking advantage of the poor security situation, poachers and smugglers hunt animals and birds illegally and smuggle timber as well as medicinal herbs.

Poaching of birds as well as animals and smuggling of wood and precious medicinal herbs have been going on unchecked in Dhorpatan, the only hunting reserve in Nepal, due to poor security presence.