As culling stations received and euthanized sick and injured animals, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and National Parks revealed that the causes of these deaths included natural deaths, vehicular accidents, smuggling, electrocution, suffocation, and entrapment in fences, among others. Of these, 29 were not identified due to the limitations of testing and definitive diagnosis back then.

The increased number of wild animal mortalities has obtained the concern of the conservations, wildlife and environment activists, and the representative of wildlife and environmental NGOs. They suggested that other structures, we could name them people-friendly wildlife structures like under-passages or over-passages should be constructed every time linear physical structures that hinder wild animals to move in search of food are established in the habitats of wild animals.

These issues were well-discussed during an interaction held by the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ). He argued that it was necessary to align the infrastructure development activities with the notion of sustainable natural resource use by advocating for measures to contain environmental degradations. Talking about the existing programs, Dr. Soni Baral Gauli, Assistant Dean at the Institute of Forestry, said that the students of the eighth batch of the Master’s Degree program were given subjects regarding wildlife-friendly infrastructure policies to help support wildlife conservation. Likewise, Sushil Bahadur Bajracharya, Assistant Dean at IOE, opined that the curriculum designs the engineers who would be able to assist wildlife conservation through work.

The interaction was announced by NEFEJ President Roshani Adhikari with the main purpose of increasing awareness of this significant matter among the journalist community.