elephants

The elephant whisperer of Nepal

When I arrived in February, Bahundangi in Jhapa seemed like a sleepy little town, but the quiet was often interrupted, not by...

Centennial of hunting diplomacy in Nepal

On 14 December 1921 – exactly 100 years ago – Edward, the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, arrived in...

Tom Robertson

Nepal’s illegal elephant export

The illegal export of domesticated elephants from Nepal to India Chitwan due to the collapse of wildlife tourism that began during last...

Human-animal interface in Nepal wildlife corridor

1 0 March 2020. It was an ordinary day for Renuka Sunar collecting fodder in a forest near her home in Kathariya...

Nepal’s wild elephants are also on the move

Before Covid-19 and lockdowns I would be guiding tourists around Bardia National Park this time of year. But the pandemic has meant empty homestays...

Police track India-Nepal elephant trafficking

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Nepal’s wildlife watchdogs honoured

Growing up in a Darchula village near the Tibetan border, a young Birendra Singh Johari was no stranger to wildlife crimes. At teashops and community gatherings,...

Sonia Awale

Set the elephants free

Humans and elephants have shared environments for thousands of years, but what might surprise readers is that a quarter of the world’s...

Speaking for elephants

Lisa Choegyal’s column ‘The Elephant Dilemma’, 4 October 2020 elicited many comments from readers, some of which are excerpted here:As a group...

Chitwan’s Bote people in a changing world

Little known fishing community clings to life at the edge of the jungle