Farewell to a lifelong guardian of gharials

Bed Bahadur Khadka, 61, succumbed to brain cancer on Monday.

Bed Bahadur Khadka, a passionate conservationist who dedicated nearly two decades of his life to protecting the critically endangered gharial crocodile, passed away on Monday after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 61. He leaves behind a legacy interwoven with Nepal’s gharial conservation efforts.