Human-Wildlife Conflict Escalates in Nepal Amidst Forest Expansion

Kailali. On October 3, a person was killed in a tiger attack in the Bhairav Mahila Community Forest in Gauriganga Municipality-6, Kailali. Local Krishna Chaudhary, who had gone alone into the forest to pick mushrooms, died at the scene.

The day after the incident, Dandiraj Subedi, General Secretary of the National Federation of Community Forest Users, Nepal (FENCOFUN), issued a public appeal, stating, “We are receiving information that the tiger is still roaming around the forests near human settlements. It must be brought under control quickly, otherwise, further human casualties may occur.”