Dhorpatan hunting reserve’s 182 hectares land encroached

Galkot, March 15 . Conservation of Nepal’s only hunting reserve, Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, has witnessed growing challenges. Though the incidents of poaching and smuggling wildlife have remarkably decreased in the Reserve with the presence of the Nepal Army, the trend of encroaching upon its boundary has not stopped.

The Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve Office said that its 185 hectares of land have been so far encroached. In an annual report-2076/77 BS published by the office, it is stated that 185 hectares of its land have been intruded in different 34 areas of the Reserve.