“However, due to shrinking forests and dwindling food sources ... to prevent elephants from entering Bahundangi, a village along Nepal’s eastern border with India. Image by Deepak Adhikari.

For years, human-elephant conflict simmered around Bahundangi, a border village in eastern Nepal. As Bahundangi ... and Karnali rivers provided ample food, and vast areas free of human habitation ...