Tiger Populations in Nepal Can’t Grow without More Food and Space — blogs.scientificamerican.com

Nepal has a lofty goal: The country wants to have at least 250 Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) within its borders by the year 2022. They’ve already made pretty amazing progress, growing the population from 121 in 2009 to 198 in 2013. Earlier this week conservation groups praised Nepal for its efforts to reduce poaching, which previously had caused tiger populations to plummet. Only one tiger has been poached in Nepal since the beginning of 2011.

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