On the morning of Jan. 5, a soldier deployed at the Chitwan National Park shot a wild elephant (Elephas maximus) after it ...

Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling ...

Nepal and India have brought tigers back from the brink of extinction. Now, as those big cats expand their territory, ...

It is, perhaps, the largest ritual animal sacrifice in the world. And some animal welfare activists in Nepal are working to stop it. As preparations for the 2009 Gadhimai Festival gathered steam, ...

Nepal may address the problems caused by its growing tiger population by gifting some of the animals to other countries.

"A comprehensive protocol is urgently needed to cope with the rescue, handling, and rehabilitation of problem animals." Oli has proposed sending Nepal's tigers abroad. "People love to keep birds ...

According to animal activists who travelled to a remote corner of Nepal for the festival, it was followed by the deaths of thousands of buffalo. Some 200,000 animals were killed during the last ...

Animals are also sacrificed to celebrate the birth of sons. In 2016 Nepal’s supreme court ordered a gradual phasing out of the practice of animal sacrifice that once saw as many as half a ...

Wildlife crime continues to plague Nepal, even as the law enforcement strives at the forefront. The country functions both as ...

KATHMANDU, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 83 Nepalis were killed and 599 others injured in attacks by wild animals in the first five months of the current 2024-25 fiscal year, the Nepal Police said ...