In an astounding news for conservationists across the globe, tiger population in Nepal has nearly doubled to 235 tigers since 2009. The report of the third national assessment of tiger and prey populations released on the occasion of the National Conservation Day 2018 shows an increase of 19% since the last survey in 2013 and an increase of 94% since the first national survey in 2008-09. This puts Nepal among the first countries in the world nearing its tiger doubling goals—TX2.