Tiger sighted at a record altitude of 2,500 metres in Dadeldhura forest
Kathmandu, April 13 -- A tiger has been spotted at an elevation of 2,500 metres in Mahabharat range in the first ever sighting of the big cat at such a high altitude, according to officials. The tiger (Panthera tigris) was sighted on Monday in the forest area of Dadeldhura district.
According to Bishnu Prasad Acharya, a forest officer at the Divisional Forest Office, Dadeldhura, never before in Nepal had a tiger been spotted at 2,500 metres.
"This is a historic moment for the conservationists and the whole country where a tiger has been recorded at such higher elevation," Acharya told the Post. "This is the first recorded sighting of a tiger at 2500 metres."
Movement of the tiger in Dadeldhura forest areas was recorded in the camera tr...
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