The return of the tigers

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Tigers are making a remarkable comeback in Nepal. The small Himalayan nation is on track to become the first country to double its wild tiger population in the last decade. A new census will be released on International Tiger Day (29th of July). The recovery is the result of tough anti-poaching measures that have involved the military and the local community. Other iconic species including rhinos and elephant populations have also increased. But this has come at a cost, there has been an increase in tiger attacks on humans. Rebecca Henschke travels to Bardia national park, to find out what’s behind the conservation success and what it means for the community living with the Tigers. (Photo Credit: Deepak Rajbanshi) Presented by Rebecca Henschke Produced by Kevin Kim and Rajan Parajuli, with the BBC Nepali team Studio mix by Neil Churchill Production coordinators Gemma Ashman and Iona Hammond Editor Penny Murphy

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to assignment on the BBC World Service.
0:03.4	I'm Rebecca Henshki.
0:15.6	The Indian Tigress comes here and falls in love with an appoli tiger.
0:20.4	Indigenous leader Baddo Taru sings as he walks into his community forest.
0:32.4	You can see how proud he is of this place and how special it is to him.
0:41.4	It's thick jungle that runs along the banks of the river and on the other side is the National Park.
0:46.4	This area, the community protects and patrols.
0:55.4	It's part of a corridor that allows tigers to move safely between protected areas in Nepal and neighbouring India.
1:03.4	Every few metres by day stops and points out signs of Bengal tigers,
1:09.4	footprints on the edge of the track and droppings in the grass.
1:14.4	And then he points out for the tree.
1:16.4	It's made by a tiger.
1:18.4	It's tiger, jumpy.
1:19.4	Jumpy.
1:21.4	There's two really pronounced claw marks in the tree.
1:26.4	The tigers scratch the bark.
1:29.4	Why would it be jumping like jumping?
1:35.4	Tigers often sarp on their claws the same way we sarp on kitchen knives.
1:40.4	They keep their weapons sarp so they are good hunters.
1:47.4	We walk deep into the forest and then suddenly bad days move changes.
1:54.4	He looks around.
1:57.4	This is near the place where I was attacked.
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