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Nepal tigers
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An adult tiger can consume up to 88 pounds of meat in one meal and often stays with its kill or returns to dine over a period of days. Just like this one, camera trapped during the latest census of Nepal that estimated 235 tigers -WWF Nepal
looks like a male tiger on a sambar kill (video) 
It’s amazing how well Nepal has managed itself these last few years, i was recently following their report on how they identified conflict areas riddled with poachers and how quickly they busted notorious poaching cells that were operating on the Eastern side of Nepal, Chitwan at 93, Bardia with 87, Banke with 21, Parsa with 18 individuals compared to 7 individuals back in 2013. Shuklaphanta with 16 individuals compared to 17 in the last census. so they are the only group that lost 1 overall. let’s hope Nepal keeps this up, 125 in 2009, 198 in 2013 and with the recent population at 235. kudos to everyone involved. their efforts are paying off.
I'm a bit disappointed with the decline in Chitwan, but results for Bardya are really fantastic. Hopefully one day Bardya NP will accomplish also a robust rhino population. Tiger-rhino combination is my favorite, kind a dream land of the wild planet. Nepal should be proud possessing both mega-beasts in relatively limited territory.
it's a sigh of relief that the number of tigers in nepal have increased overall , I learned the news that there were racket of poachers from Rajasthan India which were especially notorious for hunting tigers, but The Nepalese authorities acted in time and stopped them. here is the Link, there were talks that the the tiger numbers might had decreased significantly in Nepal cuz the census result was proposed to be announced at "International Tiger Day" in July but authorities cited they had yet to match all the camera trapped images, hence the delay. Actually 1n 2009, the number was 121 tigers so it would be 242 for the year 2022- The year of the tiger, but the conservationists ambitiously wanted the figure of 250 tigers within Nepal. Had the population of tigers in Chitwan increased or even remained the same we would have achieved 2x2 tigers 4 years ahead of the time-frame. Now the authorities are concerned about Chitwan because it is Nepal's first national park, with big investment and research, huge buffer areas, good prey base and well informed locals that want their wildlife protected yet the tigers have failed to increase in numbers. From my point of view it seems normal, i think Chitwan can hold from plus or minus 100-120 tigers, anything more than that will be dispersed into neighbouring Parsa reserve or Balmiki reserve in India. These parks have recently seen increase number of Tigers as well so overall it tells that these forest are acting as a well functioning corridors and tigers will disperse to the areas of less competition provided the habitat and prey is good. Regarding future of tigers, i think translocation of number of big prey species - buffalo, gaur, nilgai, barasingha will be carried out allover Nepal's Terai because their numbers seem to have saturated in either one reserve so there is no other alternative besides translocation, so there will be increased tigers in the future if there is a good protection, second thing is they should manage degraded areas and grassland and remove alien weeds particularly invasive mikania micrantha and billygoat weeds that wrecks havoc in grassland and destroys food supply for the herbivores. If thay can mange that the tigers number should stabilize at 250 in Nepal or even push to 300.
(09-29-2018, 11:05 AM)Jimmy Wrote: it's a sigh of relief that the number of tigers in nepal have increased overall , I learned the news that there were racket of poachers from Rajasthan India which were especially notorious for hunting tigers, but The Nepalese authorities acted in time and stopped them. here is the Link, there were talks that the the tiger numbers might had decreased significantly in Nepal cuz the census result was proposed to be announced at "International Tiger Day" in July but authorities cited they had yet to match all the camera trapped images, hence the delay. Actually 1n 2009, the number was 121 tigers so it would be 242 for the year 2022- The year of the tiger, but the conservationists ambitiously wanted the figure of 250 tigers within Nepal. Had the population of tigers in Chitwan increased or even remained the same we would have achieved 2x2 tigers 4 years ahead of the time-frame. Now the authorities are concerned about Chitwan because it is Nepal's first national park, with big investment and research, huge buffer areas, good prey base and well informed locals that want their wildlife protected yet the tigers have failed to increase in numbers. From my point of view it seems normal, i think Chitwan can hold from plus or minus 100-120 tigers, anything more than that will be dispersed into neighbouring Parsa reserve or Balmiki reserve in India. These parks have recently seen increase number of Tigers as well so overall it tells that these forest are acting as a well functioning corridors and tigers will disperse to the areas of less competition provided the habitat and prey is good. Regarding future of tigers, i think translocation of number of big prey species - buffalo, gaur, nilgai, barasingha will be carried out allover Nepal's Terai because their numbers seem to have saturated in either one reserve so there is no other alternative besides translocation, so there will be increased tigers in the future if there is a good protection, second thing is they should manage degraded areas and grassland and remove alien weeds particularly invasive mikania micrantha and billygoat weeds that wrecks havoc in grassland and destroys food supply for the herbivores. If thay can mange that the tigers number should stabilize at 250 in Nepal or even push to 300. Jimmy, how many tigers and how many rhinos (optimal) could feed Bardya national park, what is your opinion? (09-30-2018, 04:45 AM)Wolverine Wrote:(09-29-2018, 11:05 AM)Jimmy Wrote: it's a sigh of relief that the number of tigers in nepal have increased overall , I learned the news that there were racket of poachers from Rajasthan India which were especially notorious for hunting tigers, but The Nepalese authorities acted in time and stopped them. here is the Link, there were talks that the the tiger numbers might had decreased significantly in Nepal cuz the census result was proposed to be announced at "International Tiger Day" in July but authorities cited they had yet to match all the camera trapped images, hence the delay. Actually 1n 2009, the number was 121 tigers so it would be 242 for the year 2022- The year of the tiger, but the conservationists ambitiously wanted the figure of 250 tigers within Nepal. Had the population of tigers in Chitwan increased or even remained the same we would have achieved 2x2 tigers 4 years ahead of the time-frame. Now the authorities are concerned about Chitwan because it is Nepal's first national park, with big investment and research, huge buffer areas, good prey base and well informed locals that want their wildlife protected yet the tigers have failed to increase in numbers. From my point of view it seems normal, i think Chitwan can hold from plus or minus 100-120 tigers, anything more than that will be dispersed into neighbouring Parsa reserve or Balmiki reserve in India. These parks have recently seen increase number of Tigers as well so overall it tells that these forest are acting as a well functioning corridors and tigers will disperse to the areas of less competition provided the habitat and prey is good. Regarding future of tigers, i think translocation of number of big prey species - buffalo, gaur, nilgai, barasingha will be carried out allover Nepal's Terai because their numbers seem to have saturated in either one reserve so there is no other alternative besides translocation, so there will be increased tigers in the future if there is a good protection, second thing is they should manage degraded areas and grassland and remove alien weeds particularly invasive mikania micrantha and billygoat weeds that wrecks havoc in grassland and destroys food supply for the herbivores. If thay can mange that the tigers number should stabilize at 250 in Nepal or even push to 300. They are very similar national parks with similar area 963km2 vs 952km2, similar vegetation 70% Sal trees, 30% grass with hills covering similar portions of the park, Bardiya being situated west is a bit drier and hotter than Chitwan -generally the eastern part recieves most of the monsoon rains but they are pretty similar in-terms of geography, rivers and ecosystem, i think Bardiya can support equal number of tigers as Chitwan actually Bardia has higer prey density, for rhinos, again, i think it will be close to Chitwan but since it is drier habitat maybe Bardiya can support around 500 since Chitwan is already supporting more than 600 rhinos. We can guess estimate once the Chitwan population of rhinos stabilize.
Famous Hollywood acter Leonardo DiCaprio in Bardya NP installing a camera traps. He was told Bardya is the best place on Earth for seeing a tigers:
 *This image is copyright of its original author Prince Harry in Bardya:  *This image is copyright of its original author
This is an awesome video, where you can see and feel the nature ambiance
Best thing about this video is no unnecessary human noise like in Indian and African safari tour we see... I suggest you to watch this video using headphone/earphone this way you will feel the nature.. 
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/artic...=vicefbanz
The Tiger Population in Nepal Has Nearly Doubled Since 2009 Because Conservation Efforts Work Nepal is one of 13 tiger-range countries striving to double the world’s tiger population by 2022.
Perspective of Nepalese army on their role of preserving tigers and other animals in Nepal, Nothing really new infos, but well worth hearing from experts on the field. At 10:30 is brief glimpse of a good looking tiger.
Nepal is making an excelent job conserving its tigers and the local wildlife in general.
They made a commitment to save this magnificent species and they efforts are been recompensated. I aplaud them for such an excelent job!!!   I think that maybe the low numbers in Chitwan are a reflect that young tigers now have places to disperse and are doing exactly that. The Terai region from Rajaji NP in India to Chitwan NP in Nepal (and beyound) is a priority conservation area for tigers.  *This image is copyright of its original author If we success in re-connect all this belt, this will be one of the best tiger habitats in the world! 
All nepalese wild tigers can be found here.
https://www.ntnc.org.np/sites/default/fi...202013.pdf (12-27-2018, 07:11 AM)GreenForest Wrote: All nepalese wild tigers can be found here. Great find!!! Page 66-81 shows visual recordings of tigers, this was from 2014, they would probably upload from recent 2018 census also, the ntnc- National Trust for Nature Conservative site is a gem, many thanks!
Chitwan tigers
by Sagar Giri  *This image is copyright of its original author By Kipling travel  *This image is copyright of its original author ByRam Tharu  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Fron web  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Jungle wildlife camp  *This image is copyright of its original author By Rajendra Bhandari  *This image is copyright of its original author
This is great! At least the people in Nepal seem to know what they're doing.
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