by Prakash Baral in The Kathmandu Post, July 6, 2023 Poaching of birds as well as animals and smuggling of wood and precious medicinal herbs have been going on unchecked in Dhorpatan, the only hunting reserve in Nepal, due to poor security presence. Spread over a total area of 1,325 square kilometres, the hunting reserve is in the Dhaulagiri mountain range and touches Baglung, Myagdi, and East Rukum districts. Sixty percent of the reserve lies…