The boar of Langtang

Parks must find effective ways to lessen human-wildlife conflict.

The goings on in the vicinity of Langtang National Park, where farmers in the Khanjing area have been complaining of being unable to secure their farmlands from wild animals, mostly wild boars, need immediate and serious attention. Locals have reported that the wild animals have wreaked havoc on their crops, including potato, buckwheat and barley, right when they are ready to be harvested. So much so that the distressed farmers have been leaving their farmlands barren because they don’t want their hard work to go to waste.