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...
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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...
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
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SCmfLUwnPKM?fbclid=IwAR3h1k_eTwFhVoE8SrMAO8kKO15azOH-_Kmr4uQSrfQ0WUpu3iDAPPajf0IA domesticated elephant used for safaris in Chitwan National Park which was being illegally transported to India in contravention of the CITES...
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,...
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
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