Bangladesh begins tiger census

Tigers are under threat in many parts of Asia but in Bangladesh, a project seeks to protect them and a census is set to show how well that is working by 2024. Photo: DoFSC/WWF-Nepal/dpa

Near the large swathe of the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh, roamed by Bengal tigers, live several hundred widows.

These women, labelled “tiger widows” after their husbands were killed by big cats in the forest, have been condemned by superstition to live in villages scattered around the forest.