is "oh my god, am i dead?" so, that's the type of feeling you get when you encounter when you encounter a tiger. so, being assigned in the protection duties, it's an honour. it's a privilege to be part of something that is really big, you know. so, what are you looking for on this patrol? i mean, like, we're looking for any illegal encroachment of people or domestic animals. these are the basic things that we look at while we're on patrol. do you have the power to shoot? only — only if we have any life—threatening encounters with the wild animals or it is the poachers. but that is the last resort. that is the last thing we would want to do. just outside the national park, indigenous leader bhadai tharu patrols his community forest. it's part of a key corridor that allows tigers to move between protected areas in nepal and neighbouring india.