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A new national census puts Nepal's tiger population at a record high, the fastest tiger recovery of any country on Earth — and it's reshaping what a…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 1, 2026
Nepal's tigers just did something no other tiger-range country has managed at this speed: nearly quadrupled their population in under two decades. A new national census, completed in April 2026 and released this week, counted 429 wild tigers across Nepal's…
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What this means for you More tigers doesn't mean a guaranteed sighting — these are still wild animals in dense sal forest and elephant grass, and a responsible outfit will never promise you one. But Chitwan's core-habitat tiger density is now among the…
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