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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Nepal's Tiger Conservation Success Sparks Human-Wildlife Conflict
Caption: Nepal’s Tiger Conservation Success Sparks Human-Wildlife Conflict. Nepal has been praised for tripling its tiger population in just a decade but Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli warns the achievement may have gone too far. With over 350 tigers in the small country, Oli stated, “We can’t let them eat up humans,” citing nearly 40 deaths and 15 injuries from tiger attacks between 2019 and 2023. Local communities claim the actual toll is even higher. Oli suggested capping the population at 150 tigers and even exporting excess big cats to other countries. However, experts argue the focus should be on expanding protected habitats to balance prey and predator populations. The rise in human fatalities, they say, reflects a breakdown in Nepal’s once-successful conservation model as tigers spill out of reserves into human settlements in search of food. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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