KATHMANDU On Nov. 1 last year, a leopard dragged off an 8-year-old boy as he was playing just steps away from the cowshed where his grandmother was milking the family’s cow. The boy was later discovered dead. Following the incident in Tanahun district, in central Nepal, the local administration authorized security forces to shoot […]
KATHMANDU Pictures of enigmatic snow leopards roaming the scenic Annapurna area come to mind when outsiders think about carnivores and predators in the Himalayas. The cats often grab the headlines when they prey on livestock and often face retaliation from humans. But for many of the people living in the region, where tourism is […]