According to recent study, Nepal’s tigers have experienced a population increase of nineteen percent over a four-year period. It is now estimated that in 2018, the population of wild Bengal Tigers in Nepal is at or around 235 individuals. In 2009, less than ten years ago, there were estimated to be only about 120 wild Bengal Tigers in the country.
In the past four years, Nepal’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation has worked with other conservation groups like Panthera and the Zoological Society of London to determine the populations of tigers using images from hidden cameras and statistical analysis.
Scientists and conservationists hope that, by analyzing and learning what led to Nepal's nearly 20 percent increase in tiger populations in the past four years, they can apply this knowledge to help other struggling tiger populations increase in size.
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