Locals were shocked when a big tiger was spotted in the wheat fields of Teduwa, Belauri Municipality-2 on Saturday morning. The Shuklaphanta Conservation Program team of Shuklaphanta National Park and National Nature Conservation Fund was mobilized to control the tiger. The tiger could not be darted after a whole day's effort on Saturday.
On Sunday, two elephants of the park were mobilized and succeeded in controlling the tiger by darting it in the afternoon. The tiger, which has been in the cave for two days, was taken under control and placed in an iron cage on Sunday evening and taken to the Division Forest Office at Mahendranagar. Until then, it had not been decided where to keep the tiger. "Since we don't have a rescue center, there is a problem in keeping the captured or rescued wild animals," said Rambichari Thakur, head of the Division Forest Office, Kanchanpur, "We keep them in the forest office at night, necessary measures will be taken after discussion with everyone." In Far West, every two/three months one/two leopards have to be rescued. The tiger has been captured every year for the past three years. But in the absence of a rescue center, there is confusion as to where to send him. Last July, a woman died when a tiger attacked her in Dodhara Chandni municipality. The tiger was captured after two days and sent to the rescue center in Bardia. Two years ago, a tiger that attacked a woman in Belauri municipality was captured and sent to the zoo in Lalitpur. "Because there is no rescue center, there is a problem in keeping wild animals," said Purushottam Wagle, conservation officer of Shuklaphanta National Park, "there is a challenge in managing wild animal rescue." Veterinarian of the park who has been hungry for a few days. Abhash Shrestha said. According to him, he may have come out after being defeated in his area or not being able to find food. Now the tiger will be kept in an iron cage and fed until the place is managed.
A rescue center is under construction in Shuklaphanta Park to keep the wild animals that have been captured or rescued in this way. But Lakshmiraj Joshi, head of the National Nature Conservation Fund's Shuklaphanta conservation program, says that wild animals cannot be kept only by building physical infrastructure. "After keeping wild animals, huge expenses are needed for maintenance and food management," said Joshi, "for maintenance, different types of manpower are needed, from doctors." He said that rescue centers for tigers and leopards are needed in the Far West. The teams of the National Nature Conservation Fund are rescuing the leopards and tigers that have come to the slums of the nine districts of Far West and have been trapped.
