Nepal’s tiger population ‘has doubled since 2009’
Conservationists have worked with the government to boost the big cats’ population in the Himalayan nation.
The number of tigers roaming the jungles of Nepal has nearly doubled, officials have revealed.
The population boost is the result of initiatives from the government, conservationists and local authorities who have worked for years to increase the tiger population in the Himalayan nation.
Gopal Prakash Bhattarai, of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, said the latest tiger count showed there were 235 tigers in the jungles – almost twice as many as the 121 that were found in 2009.
Leaders of nations with tiger populations had met in 2010 and pledged to double the number by 2022.
Mr Bhattarai said Nepal is already heading in that direction and could be among the first nations to meet that goal.
