Three tigers collared in Nepal for behavioral studies

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    In May of this year, PhD student Ajay Karki and a team of researchers successfully captured three adult tigers, fitted them with radio collars, and released them into the wild at Chitwan National Park, Nepal. This work was carried out under the leadership of Chitwan National Park officials, with the support of the National Trust for Nature Conservation.

Nepal is a leader in tiger conservation, nearly tripling their tiger population in the past 15 years. With increasing tigers comes an increasing need to understand their ecology and how they interact with other species, including humans. These collars will help Karki study how tigers interact with sympatric leopards as well as how tiger behavior, habitat, and movement is affected by human infrastructure resulting from increasing development. Visit helpsavewildlife.org to learn more about Karki’s project