6. Acknowledgements
We would like to express profound gratitude to Ministry of Industry,
Tourism, Forest and Environment, Sudurpaschim Province for the financial
support. Appreciation to chief warden Laxman Poudel of SNP, Kamal Raj
Aryal, Gyanendra Shah, and the whole National Trust for Nature
Conservation (NTNC) team, rangers, game scouts, Hattisar staffs and all
other staffs for the technical and other support during the data
collection.