In November 2024, we reported an incident where a tiger grabbed a camera trap and dropped it without causing any damage, displaying natural curiosity, territorial marking, and playfulness. However, on February 22, 2025, a female tigress exhibited different behavior by damaging the camera, indicating...
Blog tagged as Long Term Tiger Monitor
Tiger Showing Natural Curiosity – Part 2
03.03.25 02:47 AM - Comment(s)
How Nepal Tiger Trust Team Arrest Poacher and Save Wildlife!
03.02.25 03:56 AM - Comment(s)
The Nepal Tiger Trust (NTT) monitors tigers daily through camera trapping and pugmark tracking. During these field activities, they encounter various situations. On January 26, 2025, the NTT team encountered and arrested a man who was illegally trapping a Ruddy Shelduck. The man was handed over to t...
How Nepal Tiger Trust Technicians Assist in Training the Next Generation of Field Staff
11.01.25 01:45 AM - Comment(s)
Nepal Tiger Trust (NTT) technicians play a crucial role in training the next generation of field staff. On December 29, 2024, Chitwan Park warden Mr. Divesh Shrestha invited our technicians as instructors for training new game scouts. Our senior technicians, Mr. Baburam Mahato and Mr. Raju Kumal, pr...
Nepal Tiger Trust Technicians Spreading Tiger Awareness in the Local Community
30.12.24 05:33 AM - Comment(s)
Tigers were photographed shortly after initiating camera trapping in the Daunne Devi Buffer Zone and its associated community forests, including Madar Baba. Within a week of setting up the camera traps, both male and female tigers were captured on camera in Madar Baba Community Forests. The approach...
Camera Trapping Begins in Daunne Devi Buffer Zone
24.12.24 03:06 AM - Comment(s)
The Nepal Tiger Trust has initiated camera trapping in the Daunne Devi Buffer Zone, located in the westernmost end of Chitwan National Park in the Parasi District. Having completed the task in Block One, the focus has now shifted to Block Four, encompassing the Daunne Devi Buffer Zone and four commu...
Tiger Showing Natural Curiosity
07.12.24 02:58 AM - Comment(s)
When a wild tiger grabs a camera trap, it is often showcasing its natural curiosity and territorial behavior. Tigers, being apex predators, are highly inquisitive about new objects in their environment. On November 24, 2024, a young male tiger grabbed a camera trap placed on a stump, carried it abou...
Camera Trapping Resumes for 2024-25 Season
21.11.24 02:48 AM - Comment(s)
The tiger monitoring project using camera trapping has resumed as of November 18, 2024, nearly two months after being paused. The initial phase began on September 18, 2024, but operations were halted due to heavy flooding on September 28, 2024. The flooding damaged 12 cameras in the field sites and ...
Tiger Monitoring Season 2024-25 Begins
21.09.24 04:06 AM - Comment(s)
The long-term tiger monitoring project using camera traps kicked off on September 18, 2024, for the 2024-25 season. This year, the focus is on the western buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, Nepal. With an increase in tiger activity and human-tiger conflicts in this area, the goal is to understand...
Nepal Tiger Trust Technicians Helping Capture Problem Tiger
08.08.24 03:36 AM - Comment(s)
Figure 1: Problem tiger attacking technicians trying to dart and capture it
Early morning along the Narayani River in Beltandi, near the town of Bharatpur, a tiger attacked a man. The Nepal Tiger Trust technicians assisted with pugmark identification, while Chitwan National Park authorities used a dr...
Meghauli Pothi: The Female Tigress
28.07.24 02:17 AM - Comment(s)
Figure 1: Meghauli Pothi June 2017. Individual tiger is identified using stripe patterns
Meghauli Pothi was born in August 2014 and has been closely monitored since then. She has exhibited remarkable reproductive success and over her 10-year lifespan, she has given birth to three litters, total...