A spotted tiger has been found in the central area of Shuklaphanta National Park, which is connected to the Brahmadev Corridor. Last January, the tiger was found in the count made by the camera trap method.
Division Forest Office Kanchanpur with the help of Shuklaphanta National Park and Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Nepal counted tigers from January 1 in Brahmadev Corridor and surrounding areas.
The result of the calculation was announced on Monday. Even though the Brahmadev Corridor has an area of 166 square kilometers, including the surrounding areas, tigers have been calculated at 282 square kilometers. The area was divided into 72 grids of 2/2 meters. A pair of automated cameras were deployed on each grid for 15 nights . Nandhore Protected Area of India lies across the Brahmadev . This is mainly the traditional route of elephants .
In the national census of 2022, the adult male tiger that was trapped is still trapped. Conservation Biologist of ZSL Nepal Dr. Dinesh Neupane said .
'At that time, Brahmadev was seen in the corridor, but now it is seen in the central area of Shuklaphanta,' Neupane said while presenting the results of the camera trap at an event held in Mahendranagar on Monday, 'Did it enter the central area due to more disturbance in the corridor?' According to him, more than 43 thousand pictures have been captured in the camera trap. Of which only 1 thousand 207 are wild animals and the rest are domesticated animals and humans. "The tiger may have moved towards the central area because there is a lot of movement of people for firewood," he said.
During the national tiger census of 2022, along with Brahmadev, a camera was placed in the Jogbuda area of Dadeldhura. In the cat species, wild cats to wild tigers and large species of tigers and leopards have also been caught on camera . Leopards have been caught in 19 places in the area and hounds have been caught in 3 places.
According to Neupane, 17 species of wild animals including 6 herbivores, 7 carnivores and 4 omnivores have been found. 32 technicians and community forest officers and students were deployed in the counting from January 1. This study is expected to help in wildlife conservation and habitat management in the corridor area . In last year's tiger census, the number of tigers in Shuklaphanta Park was found to be 42. Although the national census of tigers is done every four years, it has been done every year in the areas where there is a risk of poaching and the numbers are low. Here the park has been counting tigers internally every year .
