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3 NA men held for poaching, by Kamal Panthi (kp 13/05/2008)

25 TB infected elephents in poor shape (kp 10/05/2008)

Street dogs to be sterilized (kp 09/05/2008)

Poachers make hay while securitymen play cards, by Pragati Shahi (kp 03/05/2008)

The vultures are circling again: A drug ban and feeding centres have brought vultures back from extinction, by Uma Khanal (nt 02/05/2008)

Horns of a dilemma: Lax security at election time has led to a rise in rhino poaching, by Rameswor Bohara (nt 02/05/2008)

Poachers get active in Bardiya, by Kamal Panthi (kp 29/04/2008), Rhino population threatened by illegal poaching in Bardiya National Park (nn 29/04/2008)

Water crunch hits fauna in Parsa reserve, by Pratap Bista (kp 25/04/2008)

Voiceless victims: Wider implications of poaching, by Sabita Thapa (ht 11/04/2008)

Rhino poachers making hay (kp 09/04/2008)

Rhino killed; army man found dead (nn 05/04/2008)

Optimism pervades rhino conservation, by Pragati Shahi (kp 30/03/2008)

Strange seven-colored snake found in Nepal (Xinhua 15/03/2008)

Rhino census begins in Chitwan, by Binod Tripathi (kp 09/03/2008), 408 rhinos spotted in Chitwan (kp 24/03/2008), Number of rhinos rises (nn 24/03/2008), Rare One-Horned Rhino Bouncing Back in Nepal, by Paroma Basu (National Geographic 27/03/2008), Encouraging Increase: The preliminary results of rhino count shows that their numbers have increased (sp 28/03/2008)

Nepal govt asked to stop exporting monkeys for biomedical research (nn 23/02/2008)

3 rhinos die in 10 days, by Binod Tripathi (kp 06/02/2008)

New species of bird found in Koshi Tappu (nn 04/02/2008)

Rhino poaching declines dramatically, by Pragati Shahi (kp 26/01/2008)

NNCT set to carry out Rhino Census (nn 25/01/2008)

Learning all about the birds and the trees, by Priya Joshi (nt 18/01/2008)

Nepal to run breeding centre to save vultures (Reuters 15/01/2008)

Animal parts smugglers sentenced (kp 09/01/2008)

Vulture population up in Nawalparasi (kp 08/01/2008), ‘Food joint’ boosts vulture numbers (Peninsula 08/01/2008)

Infant rhino poached at Bardiya park, by Pragati Shahi (kp 21/12/2007)

Training elephants more humanely, by Pragati Shahi (kp 20/12/2007)

22 BNP poachers held in 8 months, by Kamal Panthi (kp 15/12/2007), Lack of patrolling leaves park animals unsafe (kp 16/12/2007)

Asia’s largest elephant missing, by Kamal Panthi (kp 04/12/2007)

Poachers kill rhino, tiger, by Kamal Panthi (kp 01/12/2007)

Endangered birds being trafficked (kp 24/11/2007)

1 held for trying to kill wild animal (kp 04/11/2007)

Animal orphanage key to halt extinction (kp 03/11/2007)

Locals help run vulture ‘restaurant’ in Nepal (Onme World 31/10/2007)

Zoo Kanchha, Kanchhi yet to consummate, by Baburam Kharel (kp 26/10/2007)

Leopard injures 5 in capital (kp 24/10/2007), Leopard attack injures five in capital (samn 24/10/2007)

Next time you chomp on a buff momo...look how buffaloes are transported, by Pranaya SJB Rana (nt 19/10/2007), The carnivore carnival (nt 19/10/2007), Scapegoats: It is morally wrong to torture fellow creatures, to do so in the name of religion is a sin, by Tirtha B. Shrestha (nt 19/10/2007)

Elephant found dead (kp 16/10/2007), Wild tusker dies at CNP, by Binod Tripathi (kp 16/10/2007)

Movement against cruelty to animals, by Avantika Regmi (kp 09/10/2007)

Vultures' decline affects animal decay process, by Shiv Puri (kp 28/09/2007)

All 11 jumbos at breeding center pregnant, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 21/09/2007)

200 more species on threatened list: Gharial critically endangered (kp 13/09/2007)

Siamang newborn is zoo's latest attraction, by Pragati Shahi (kp 04/09/2007), Siamang baby identified as male (kp 07/09/2007)

Bhunti needs mate: Tiger captive breeding at Central Zoo in trouble, by Pragati Shahi (kp 26/08/2007)

Bird species face extinction threat, by Pragati Shahi (kp 23/08/2007)

Central Zoo tries its first captive rhino mating, by Pragati Shahi (kp 11/08/2007)

Animal orphanage crucial to rehabilitate wildlife, by Pragati Shahi (kp 04/08/2007)

Concern over Nepal wildlife seizures, by Navin Singh Khadka (BBC News 03/08/2007)

Bail for rhino horn smugglers, by Binod tripathi (kp 30/07/2007) [??]

Feasting on endangered rhino, by Anil Adhikari (kp 22/07/2007)

Kathmandu a wildlife trade hub: report (samn 21/07/2007)

Villager killed by avenging elephant herd (Khaleej Times 15/07/2007)

Dhorpatan to reopen for hunting, by Pragati Shahi (kp 15/07/2007)

Research on snow leopard scats denied, by Pragati Shahi (kp 12/07/2007)

Poaching of endangered species up, by Pragati Shahi (kp 02/07/2007)

20 Indians held for wildlife trade (kp 01/07/2007)

NCPs can help fight wildlife trafficking (kp 30/06/2007)

First primate research to animals breed (samn 26/06/2007)

Increasing number of Chitwan villagers involved in rhino poaching (nn 24/06/2007)

Nepalis train in small mammal conservation (kp 24/06/2007)

Deer population doubles at Mirgasthali (kp 21/06/2007)

Poaching on rise in Makalu Barun (kp 13/06/2007)

Rhino found dead in Chitwan park, by Pragati Shahi (kp 12/06/2007)

Elephants with TB face apathy, by Binod Tripathi (kp 11/06/2007)

Number of endangered Gaur up at CNP, by Pragati Shahi (kp 10/06/2007)

New species of birds and mammals found in Nepal (Deepika Global 06/06/2007)

Shrinking grassland impacts wildlife (kp 06/06/2007)

Tiger kills child (kp 04/06/2007)

Managing the Crisis: At a time when rhino population is declining, a new project aims to protect them (sp 01/06/2007)

N Korea asks for endangered animals, by Pragati Shahi (kp 01/06/2007)

Nepal not to lift ban on tiger trade (samn 31/06/2007)

Zoo tiger kills sibling, by Pragati Shahi (kp 23/05/2007)

Rhino census in BNP, by Kamal Panthi (kp 20/05/2007), Nepal begins census of endangered rhinos (Reuters 20/05/2007), Nepal reserve rhino census begins (wi 22/05/2007), 3 -year project to save rhinos (samn 24/05/2007), Census team spots 31 rhinos (samn 25/05/2007), BNP rhino numbers plunge, by Pragati Shahi (kp 31/05/2007), Nepal census shows decline in rare rhino population, by Gopal Sharma (Reuters 31/05/2007), Endangered (kp 01/06/2007)

Asia's tiger economy: This week, a showdown in Kathmandu between conservationists and market enthusiasts, by Nirmal Ghosh (nt 13/04/2007), Tiger symposium to kick off (nn 16/04/2007), Declining tiger numbers worry int'l experts (kp 17/04/2007), Nepal forum tackles fate of tiger (BBC News 17/04/2007), Experts against lift on ban of tiger trade (nn 20/04/2007), "You need political will to save wildlife", interview with Steven Broad, executive director of TRAFFIC International (nt 20/04/2007), Nepal re-elected president of World Tiger Forum (nn 22/04/2007)

Leopard injures seven people (samn 13/04/2007)

Regional plans for tiger conservation (samn 06/04/2007)

Monkeys undergo vasectomy, by Pratap Bista (kp 05/04/2007)

Smuggled rare birds killed at TIA: Report (nn 31/03/2007), Experts condemns hasty killing of birds (samn 01/04/2007)

Water buffalos (nt 30/03/2007, originally in Samaya, 15 March)

Wild elephant kills woman (samn 27/03/2007)

Population of dolphin decreases in Nepal (samn 21/03/2007)

Ex-pilot, army man among others involved in rhino killing (nn 14/03/2007), Ex-pilot 'guilty' of killing 9 rhinos, by Binod Tripathi (kp 14/03/2007), Nepal pilot with royal links held for rhino poaching (wi 14/03/2007), Man held for giving bullets to poachers (samn 14/03/2007)

Diclofenac remains a threat to Nepal’s vultures (kp 11/03/2007)

Monkeys captured for vaccine research (kp 10/03/2007)

Two more wild buffaloes dead (kp 01/03/2007)

Maurading tuskers spread terror, by Ganesh Choudhary (kp 28/02/2007)

Nepal haven for wildlife traders: expert (samn 24/02/2007)

Baby rhinos in danger: De-horning may be the only way to save rhinos, by Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha (nt 23/02/2007)

Snow leopard spotted in Langtang, by Krishna Thapa (kp 21/02/2007)

Six held for rhino poaching, by Dipendra Baduwal & Narayan Sharma (kp 20/02/2007)

Moriarty calls for protection of rhinos (nn 15/02/2007), US ready to assist in rhino conservation, by Binod Tripathi (kp 15/02/2007)

Freshwater dolphins nearing extinction, by Pragati Shahi (kp 11/02/2007)

Nepal builds 'restaurants' for vultures (wi 09/02/2007)

CNP offices opened after warden's suspension, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 07/02/2007)

No peace dividend for Nepal's wildlife, by Navin Singh Khadka (BBC News 05/02/2007)

Primate business (nt 02/02/2007)

“If Present Trend Of Poaching Continues, It Will Be Bad News For Rhino Protection And Conservation”, by Udaya Raj Sharma (sp 02/02/2007)

Nepal counts tigers (IOL 31/01/2007)

Another rhino dies in CNP buffer zone, by Narayan Sharma (kp 30/01/2007), One rhino dead in CNP buffer zone area (nn 30/01/2007)

Steps to contain rhino poaching, by Ishwor N Rijal (kp 27/01/2007), NA to deploy 4 sniffer dogs to nab rhino poachers (kp 29/01/2007)

Locals help rescue injured pangolin (samn 24/01/2007)

Wild bird hunters increase in Morang (samn 24/01/2007)

Hunting pictures haunting conservationists, by Pragati / Baburam (kp 21/01/2007)

Wild tuskers’ attacks render locals homeless (kp 19/01/2007)

Tiger kills rhino (kp 18/01/2007)

Three poachers held in Chitwan (nn 17/01/2007)

Poaching of a nation, by Avantika Regmi (kp 16/01/2007)

IUCN gears up to save rhino (kp 10/01/2007), Experts demand fresh rhino census (samn 10/01/2007), Stop protecting poachers: Conservationists (kp 11/01/2007), 40 rhinos killed in Nepal in 12 months: report (pd 11/01/2007), Unabated Killing: As poachers claim another rhino in Chitwan, authorities scramble to prevent further poaching, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 12/01/2007), DFO to set up rhino conservation camps (kp 15/01/2007)

Dwindling blackbucks, by Bijaya K Pokharel (KP 07/01/2007)

Zoo rhinos denied love life, by Baburam Kharel (kp 06/01/2007)

Police poaching in park: Warden, by Kamal Panthi (kp 04/01/2007), Rhino poaching up in recent years, by Pragati Shahi (kp 06/01/2007)

Pampered life makes zoo animals plump, by Baburam Kharel (kp 03/01/2007)

Rhinos may be extinct in 20 yrs: experts (samn 01/01/2007), Rs 1.03m released for rhino protection, by Pragati Shah (kp 02/01/2007), Poachers kill another rhino in Chitwan (nn 02/01/2007), Amnestied rhino poachers at it again, by Pragati Shahi (kp 03/01/2007), Rare rhinos disappearing in Nepal, by Sushil Sharma (BBC News 03/01/2007), Poachers gore Nepal's rhino success story (wi 03/01/2007), Experts fear rhinos near extinction (Gulf Times 03/01/2007), Missing Nepal rhinos fox officials (tc 04/01/2007), Rare Nepal rhinos mysteriously disappear, by Gopal Sharma (Reuters 04/01/2007), Concerted efforts to be made for rhino conservation (nn 05/01/2007), Funding plea to save Nepal’s one-horned rhino (Khaleej Times 07/01/2007), No more freeing rhino poachers, says Badu (nn 07/01/2007), Govt responsible for surge in rhino poaching: MPs (kp 08/01/2007)

New-born elephants remain unnamed, by Pragati Shahi (kp 30/12/2006), Nepal royals' fall creates jumbo trouble (wi 30/12/2006)

Help sought to protect rhinos, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 30/12/2006)

Wild elephant kills two in Udaypur (nn 22/12/2006)

14-yr term, fine for rhino horn smugglers, by Narayan Sharma (kp 18/12/2006)

Under-manned jumbo breeding limps along, by Pragati Shahi (kp 17/12/2006)

Elephant kills one (samn 17/12/2006)

Endangered black bucks at higher risk, by Kamal Panthi (kp 14/12/2006)

Apex court instructs government to save rhinos (nn 04/12/2006), Rhino poaching on the rise (nn 06/12/2006), Poachers strike again in Chitwan (samn 06/12/2006), Rhinos & Chitwan (kp 07/12/2006), Rhino horn smugglers held (kp 09/12/2006), Rhino horn worth Rs 5 m seized; 4 held (samn 09/12/2006), Official apathy increases rhino poaching (kp 10/12/2006), Four security posts added in Chitwan (nn 11/12/2006), Notorious weed killing rhinos, by Pragati Shahi (kp 14/12/2006), Alarm Bells Ringing: The one-horned rhinos face fresh assault to their survival as poaching increases, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 15/12/2006), Another rhino dead, by Pragati Shahi (kp 22/12/2006), Dead rhino was poached, by Binod Tripathi (kp 24/12/2006), 'Poachers active to kill rhinos' (samn 24/12/2006)

Wild tusker kills forest guard, by Aman Koirala (kp 01/12/2006), Control tuskers or face stir: locals (samn 03/12/2006), Wild elephant kills girl in Sunsari (samn 07/12/2006)

Afterlife of a rhino (nt 01/12/2006)

Rescued pangolin dead; one held (samn 01/12/2006)

Man kills tiger (kp 30/11/2006)

Poachers kill another rhino in Chitwan National Park (nn 28/11/2006), 10 rhinos poached in a year, by Pragati Shahi (kp 30/11/2006)

Campaign for rhino protection, by Binod Tripathi (kp 19/11/2006)

Poaching unabated in Lamjung villages (samn 19/11/2006)

Nepal monkey lab plans raise int’l protests (kp 12/11/2006)

Dolphin experts’ team (samn 09/11/2006)

Wild elephant kills one more in Sunsari (samn 09/11/2006), Rampaging tusker caught (kp 19/11/2006)

Wild tuskers trample woman to death, toll reaches 8 (kp 06/11/2006)

Call to curb illegal wildlife trade (samn 04/11/2006), Rise in Nepal rhino deaths (tc 04/11/2006), Nepal rhinos threatened by resurgent poaching (Gulf Times 04/11/2006)

Three rhinos killed in two weeks (nn 30/10/2006), 3 women arrested for rhino poaching (kp 01/11/2006), Poachers target rare Nepal rhino, by Surendra Phuyal (BBC News 02/11/2006), Nepal's rhinos threatened by resurgent poaching, by Gopal Sharma (Reuters 03/11/2006)

Wild elephant rampage kills 5, by Pradeep Meyangbo (kp 26/10/2006), Elephants Rampage in Nepal: Seven people killed in five days, by Shekhar K.C. (on 27/10/2006),  Tusker kills one more (samn 28/10/2006),  Wild tusker kills 1 more, toll reaches 7, by Shankar Kharel (kp 29/10/2006)

Dogs done in on dogs’ own day, by Hariharsingh Rathour (kp 22/10/2006)

Poachers kill rhino for horn (kp 20/10/2006)

Wild elephants kill woman in Jhapa (samn 19/10/2006),  Wild elephant kills another woman (nn 25/10/2006),  Wild tuskers kill four (samn 25/10/2006)

Census on in City to count stray dogs (samn 17/10/2006)

Alarming Trend (rn 25/09/2006)

Conflict vs conservation: Post-conflict, conservation must remain with communities, by Sophia Tamot (nt 22/09/2006)

Country's first snake farm in Bara, by Upendra Lamichhane (kp 22/09/2006)

Monkey lab plans raise int'l protests (samn 21/09/2006)

Govt decision to free poachers denounced (samn 21/09/2006)

Sunsari folk repent killing of dolphin (samn 20/09/2006)

Indian flying fox on extinction, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (kp 26/08/2006)

One more rhino killed, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 17/08/2006)

Panel formed in Nepal to save rhinos (pd 16/08/2006)

Forest staff keep vigil with sticks, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 11/08/2006)

Snow Leopard Fights for Survival in Nepal: Little quarter given to the 'Queen of the Mountains', by Rupa Kharel (on 06/08/2006)

Locals seek wildlife reserve's management (kp 06/08/2006)

Govt to conserve one horned rhinos (samn 02/08/2006)

Nepali attempt to save vultures, by Charles Haviland (BBC News 29/07/2006), Drug ban gives vultures a fighting chance (kp 29/07/2006), Nepal drug boost for vultures (BirdLife International 02/08/2006)

2 rhinos dead, one missing in Chitwan, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 28/07/2006), 3 rhinos poached in a week (samn 30/07/2006)

4 die of snakebite in mid-western Nepal (pd 28/07/2006), 3 kids die of snakebite (kp 28/07/2006)

Youth against poachers: Chitwan youth fight back to protect rhinos and tigers, by Prerana Marasini (nt 21/07/2006)

Man and beast: Nepal can be proud of its Tharu elephant handlers, by Piers Locke (nt 21/07/2006)

Elephants on rampage (samn 13/07/2006)

Wild buffalo disappearing in Koshi Tappu, by Post B Basnet (kp 09/07/2006)

Poachers nabbed (samn 13/06/2006)

Alarming decline in Nepal's rhinos and tigers in former Maoist stronghold (EurekAlert 31/05/2006), Rhino, Tiger count down in Bardia (kp 01/06/2006), Bardia National Park sees sharp decline in rhino, tiger pupulations (nn 01/06/2006), Poaching is up (kp 02/06/2006), Nepal's wildlife population declines due to conflict (wi 03/04/2006)

Freshwater dolphins facing extinction (samn 27/05/2006)

Rhino poaching continues (kp 07/05/2006), Poaching threatening rhinoceroses in Nepal (People's Daily 08/05/2006)

A Positive Spin: New training methods make for happier elephants at Royal Chitwan National Park (sp 14/04/2006)

Rare praise for the Nepalese army (BBC News 24/03/2006)

Snow Leopards Found in Nepal's Langtang National Park, by Deepak Gajurel (Environment News Service 24/03/2006)

Decision to gift rhinos draws flak (samn 19/03/2006)

Vulture in crisis, by Siddhartha Bajra Bajracharya (kp 11/03/2006)

Locals kill seven red pandas in eastern Nepal (TMC Net 07/03/2006)

Experts fear tiger population on decline (samn 04/03/2006)

Soaring again: A new veterinary drug may allow vulture populations in India and Nepal to revive, by Marty Logan (nt 17/02/2006)

Vulture-friendly livestock drug sought (samn 08/02/2006)

Danphes being killed indiscriminately (samn 25/01/2005)

Notorious wildlife trader Tsewang arrested in Nepal: Is Tsewang none other than South Asia’s most-wanted wildlife criminal Tashi Tsering? (ie 14/12/2005)

King of jungle faces threat from poachers, by Kamal Panthi (kp 27/11/2005)

Dolphin found in Narayani river (nn 06/11/2005)

Rhino killed in Chitwan national park (kp 20/10/2005)

Illegal Cross-Border Trading in Tiger Skin: India to hold talks with China, Nepal (Daily Star 08/10/2005)

Trans-Himalayan tiger organs trade thrives, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 24/09/2005)

Conflict's conservation toll, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 03/08/2005)

Saving Nepal's Rhinos: One truckload at a time, by Deepak Gajurel (Environment News Service 02/08/2005)

The no-horned Asiatic rhinoceros: Poaching depletes Chitwan's rhinos and threatens to unravel Nepal's greatest conservation success story, by P Ghimire (nt 29/07/2005)

Ten rhinos killed in three months, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 13/07/2005), Rhinos fall prey to Nepal turmoil (wi 13/07/2005), Rhino poachers (kp 14/07/2005)

Tussle With Tuskers: As the number of human population increases, the incidents of conflict between human and elephant, too, is on the rise (sp 24/06/2005)

Illegal wildlife trade between India and China thriving via Nepal, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 18/05/2005)

Revelation Of Rhino Census Critical Population Decline, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 08/05/2005)

Nepal rhino population declines (BBC News 19/04/2005), Rhino success story receives jolt, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 20/04/2005)

Tigers: No Room To Roam, by Keshab Poudel (sp 25/03/2005

Blackbuck count up despite little conservation, by Shandip KC (kp 17/01/2005)

Tigers killed by adult tiger, not poisoned (kp 16/01/2005)

Suklaphanta rhino ends up in Kanpur zoo, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 16/01/2005)

Conflict making ‘save rhino’ mission tough (ht 29/12/2004)

PM stresses curb on poaching: City a hub where skins, bones of rare animals are sold (ht 08/12/2004), Concerted efforts a must to curb wildlife crime (ht 08/12/2004), Illegal trade in wildlife increasing (rn 08/12/2004), Stop poaching (ht 09/12/2004)

Endangered Fish (rn 08/01/2005)

Little things they do for tigers (kp 07/12/2004)

Poachers rule the roost in Annapurna range, by Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 04/12/2004)

Captive breeding to protect vultures, by Shandip KC (kp 23/11/2004)

The return of the unicorns, by Khadga Basnet (kp 21/11/2004)

Antelopes released in Mrigasthali (rn 20/11/2004)

Shooting tigers through the lens, by Shandip K.C. (kp 10/11/2004)

Amorous elephant’s escapades excite humans, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 08/11/2004)

Birds of passage: Let’s watch birds so they don’t disappear, by Naresh Newar (nt 05/11/2004)

CITES And Trade Of Wildlife Species, by Subas Dhakal (sp 05/11/2004)

Caring Tigers: After years of funding woes, Nepal's world renowned wildlife could finally receive the facilities they so desperately need (sp 05/11/2004)

Wildlife in peril in Ilam (ht 28/10/2004)

Wild boars wreak havoc in maize fields in Ilam (ht 17/10/2004)

Tiger kills eight year old boy in Kavre (rn 26/09/2004)

Translocated one-horned rhino gives birth (ht 16/09/2004)

Is the Royal Bengal Tiger changing habitat? by Shandip KC (kp 10/09/2004)

Nepal’s Wildlife, by Santanu Regmi (rn 09/09/2004)

‘Terai landscape conservation best hope for big cats’ (kp 19/08/2004)

Wild boars create havoc in Dang (rn 24/07/2004)

Tiger cubs growing, so is burden, by Shandip K.C. (kp 20/07/2004)

Nepal transit point of wildlife trade in SA (rn 15/07/2004)

Two arrested with rhino horns (ht 11/07/2004)

Poachers rule the roost in hunting reserve, by Gyanendra Gautam (ht 09/07/2004)

Wildlife And Law, a book review (sp 02/07/2004)

Wild encounters terrify people (kp 08/06/2004)

Concern over exploitation of Nepali monkeys (kp 08/06/2004)

20,000 fingerlings released in Madi river (ht 06/06/2004)

Dogmandu, by Shraddha Basnyat (nt 04/06/2004)

Smuggling of birds rampant (ht 02/06/2004)

Local variety of fish vanishing due to pollution (rn 29/05/2004)

Illegal Trade: Mangal Man Shakya compiles different case stories to expose the flourishing trade of wild life in Nepal, a book review (sp 28/05/2004)

Out In The Cold: The Queens of the Mountains are suffering from varieties of problems like habitat loss, retaliatory killings and poaching, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 28/05/2004)

Appearance of new bird in Chitwan puzzles scientists, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 24/05/2004)

Vultures on verge of extinction (rn 20/05/2004)

"Birds in Nepal" released (ht 08/05/2004)

Rising leopard killings throw up several questions, by Shandip KC (kp 07/05/2004)

Poisoning stray dogs endangers other animals too (kp 05/05/2004), Canine craze grips Kathmanduites, by Khagendra Bhattarai (rn 05/05/2004), Work begins to control stray dogs (rn 09/05/2004), KATC comes to the rescue of stray dogs (kp 10/05/2004)

US trespassers kill tiger in Chitwan Park, by Pravakar Ghimire (kp 02/05/2004), Tigress was not killed, letter by Lisa Choegyal (kp 07/05/2004), Park staff teach hunting skills to orphaned cub, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 10/05/2004)

Regional networking must to curb illegal wildlife trade (kp 29/04/2004)

Nepal still a ‘hotspot’ for illegal wildlife traders, by Shandip KC (kp 27/04/2004)

Border fencing in Upper Mustang bars wildlife movement, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 26/04/2004)

For high-altitude yak herders snow leopard is Enemy No 1 (kp 26/04/2004)

Meet on wildlife trade in South Asia in Kathmandu (rn 24/04/2004)

Pa becomes key income source in Rasuwa (kp 24/04/2004)

Two gharials bred in captivity Bhutan bound (kp 24/04/2004)

End of Terror: With the culling of two man-eaters, three-months-long terror of tiger comes to an end, by Keshab Poudel (sp 23/04/2004)

Mahoots Minders of Chitwan’s elephants, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 23/04/2004)

Leopard straying into Balaju house creates terror (rn 22/04/2004)

Improved anti-poaching drive brings down rhino mortality, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 20/04/2004)

Lack of focus hurts wildlife experts (ht 13/04/2004)

Growing yak movement puts red panda in peril, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 13/04/2004)