Kathmandu: Nepal has become the first country to double the population of wild tigers. In accordance with the commitment, it made at the first Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg in 2010, Nepal has successfully doubled the number of tigers in its country by the year 2022.
As per the latest Tiger Census that was held in December 2021, Nepal is home to 355 tigers. The new figure was announced by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at a program organized in Kathmandu on Friday to mark International Tiger Day.
As per the government, there were 121 tigers in Nepal in 2010. The number increased to 198 in 2013 and 235 in 2018.
According to the census, the Chitwan National Park shelters the highest number of 128 big cats. Likewise, there are 125 tigers in Bardiya, 41 in Parsa, 36 in Shuklaphanta, and 25 in Banke National Park.
Although the rise in tiger populations is a positive development, experts warn that there are issues and difficulties with maintaining them while preventing the rise in the human-tiger conflict in recent years.
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