11 killed in wild animal attacks in a year

Bharatpur: In the last fiscal year 2024/2025, 11 people lost their lives to attacks by wild animals, including elephants, rhinos, and tigers, in Chitwan National Park.

The highest number of casualties was due to rhino attacks, with eight people losing their lives to the endangered animal. Similarly, two people lost their lives in attacks by an elephant and one due to a tiger attack, the park’s information officer Abinash Thapa Magar said.

During the same period, 41 people were injured due to wild animal attacks. Of the injured, 32 were seriously injured and nine suffered minor injuries.

People who had gone to collect green fodder, firewood and fiddlehead fern in the forest inside the park.

In the last five years, 73 people have lost their lives due to wild animal attacks in Chitwan National Park, with 169 people injured.