In Nepal’s Pokhara, a lone rooftop vigil helps keep vultures and planes safe from harm

Mongabay
Jul 16, 2025, 8:02 am380 pts
POKHARA, Nepal — On a May morning in Pokhara, Nepal’s tourist town in the lap of the world-famous Annapurna range, 40-year-old Hemanta Dhakal climbs to the terrace on the roof of his home, a few hundred meters away from the newly constructed international airport. Armed with his binoculars, he scans the sky…

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