12 rhinos found dead in five months: Chitwan National Park

December 21, Kathmandu: As many as twelve rhinos were found dead in the Chitwan National Park (CNP) and its buffer zone in the last five months of the current fiscal year 2024/25.

According to Avinash Thapa Magar, Information Officer at the CNP, among those found dead, four were male and five were female while the number of rhinos with unidentified sex stood at three in this period. Likewise, a tiger was found dead during the same period. The wild cat of around six years lost its life to fighting with another tiger at Nandapurghat in the Amaltari area in the district, added Information Officer Thapa Magar.

Similarly, two people died and four sustained injuries in rhino attacks in the last five months. The deceased were from Nawalpurpur Bardaghat Susta (East), informed Thapa Magar.

Meanwhile, CPN security personnel held 150 people in charge of conducting illegal activities within the national park during this period. They were arrested for allegedly poaching and smuggling rhinos’ horns, killing tigers, as well as other illegal activities, he mentioned.