Zhemgang, Jan. 8 -- Tucked between dense forests and towering mountains within Royal Manas National Park, Changarzam village in Phangkhar Gewog, Zhemgang lives with an unease that has become part of daily life after a tiger started preying on livestock.

The first recorded instance of an adult tiger killing seven cattle at once in October this year left the villagers in shock and mounting losses without a compensation system in place.

Two months ago, 31-year-old Dendup Tshering lost his entire herd - three milking cows, including two pregnant Jerseys, and an ox - to a single tiger attack. The carcasses were found around 12:30 pm on October 23.

"I went to search for the cattle after they did not return overnight. All of them had been kil...