Kathmandu, Sept. 11 -- 1 0 March 2020. It was an ordinary day for Renuka Sunar collecting fodder in a forest near her home in Kathariya village. Suddenly, a tiger leaped out of the undergrowth and dragged her screaming and kicking. Neighbours heard her cries, and rushed out to help.

"When we heard the screaming we ran to where the sound was coming from, but she was nowhere to be found," recalls mother-in-law Kaushila Sunar. "Later the police found her, but she was dead."

At 60, Kaushila has been living in Kathariya for more than four decades but has never before experienced such increased frequency oftiger attacks. There was another close shave last month.

"I suddenly saw a tiger read to pounce on my grandchild, I screamed and managed ...