Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR) in Nepal


Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR)
Local name कोशी टप्पु वन्यजन्तु आरक्ष
Typewild

Owner
Founded1976
Place Bairawa
Region Eastern Nepal
Country Nepal
Website Website
Telephone+97714256909

DirectorsRamdew Chaudhary

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers
of elephants

Elephant keepers
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Description

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR), in Bairawa, Nepal , was founded in 1976.

Living elephants

At the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR) lives 1 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. Makuna (wild)
and possibly other wild elephants which have no record in this database.

Comments / picturesThe Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is 175 square kilometers of wildlife refuge and wetlands habitat established in 1976. It is located in Eastern Nepal, and can be accessed from the Mehendra Highway. The reserve currently has five elephants. The reserve is also home to the water buffalo (called arna), deer, nilgai, mugger crocodile, Ganges River Dolphin (also called the Gangetic Dolphin), and over 280 Species of birds.
A study of the reserve was conducted between 1997 to 1998 by the Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu. The study found serious conflicts between the reserve wildlife and the local people living adjacent to the reserve. The people suffered crop depredations and animal harassment while the reserve managers had the problems of illegal Poaching, cattle grazing, and other other illegal activities in the reserve. The study has several recommendations, one of which is the promotion of tourism to the area with the reserve using local tourist guides trained by wildlife experts.[1]
In additional to wildlife, the Reserve also protects a substantial part of the Sapta Koshi, (a tributary of the Ganges River) flood plain. In 1987, it was declared a Ramsar site

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References for records about Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1412. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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