Given the level of poverty and level of information on Nepal's indigenous breeds of livestock, a dilemma exists on whether to save the tiger which number 5,000 in five countries of the Indian subcontinent or Lulu, an endemic breed of cattle numbering 3,000 which survives in harshest climate in Mustang. Ideally, both need to be conserved. However, according to Dr Laxman Serchand, an expert on livestock, the genetic diversity of livestock is eroding rapidly because of the economic stress on rural households which raise them.