‘We give our blood’: from tiger victim to conservation hero (Bardiya, south-west Nepal)

On 6 January 2004, at the end of the Maoist rebellion, Bhadai Tharu was attacked by a tiger in the Khata Corridor Forest, south-west Nepal, on the border with India; he had been elected chairperson of this forest six months earlier. Due to this ‘sudden encounter’ (jamkā-bhet), in which he lost an ey...

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Main Author: Nolwen Vouiller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris 2024-12-01
Series:European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ebhr/2749
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