KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that the one-horned rhino is a priceless asset of Nepal. Addressing the Third Rhino Range Countries Meeting hosted by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation at Patihani through a video message on Friday, he said that the government is sensitive to the protection of […]
CHITWAN, Feb. 3: The Third Rhino Range Countries Meeting has begun here at Patihani in the Chitwan district today. The three-day gathering participated by high-ranking officials of five countries in South Asia will focus on the conservation of one-horned rhinos, it has been said. The participating countries are Nepal, India, Bhutan, Indonesia, and Malaysia, said Dr. Ganesh Panta, information officer for the Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation.
Similarly, joint secretaries of the respective ministries and Director Generals of the Department of Forest and national parks, government employees who work in fields in the field of rhinos, and...
CHITWAN: A rhino was electrocuted in Chitwan early this morning. With this, two rhinos died so far in the current fiscal year. The rhino died after receiving an electric shock from bare electric-wire fence that was set up at a pig farm near Icharni rivulet of Khairahani municipality-12. Chief Conservation Officer of the Chitwan National […]
A rhinoceros that was roaming around Tribenidham near the border with India is being brought back to the Chitwan National Park (CNP) by darting.
A team from CNP and National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) reached Binaya Triveni Rural Municipality-6 in Nawalparasi and brought the rhino to the CNP by darting and was released into the core area of CNP, said information officer at CNP Ganesh Prasad Tiwari.
Rhino found dead at CNP's buffer zone
CHITWAN, Aug 5: An endangered rhino has been found dead at the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP).
The female rhino was found dead in Namuna Buffer Zone Community Forest located at Kawasoti municipality-7.
CNP's information officer and Assistant Conservation Officer Lokendra Adhikari informed that the rhino aged around 30-35 years was found near the western gate of the community forest.
The horn and hooves of the rhino are found intact, Adhikari informed. The preliminary investigation showed that the apparently ill and feeble rhino might have died due to electric shock in the forest, he further shared.
With this, the number of one-horned rhinos killed so far at CNP in Nawalpur in the current fiscal year 2021/22 has reached four.
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Minister for Forests and Environment, Prem Bahadur Ale has provided Rs 100 thousand to 35-year-old Binod Shrestha who was critically injured in course of conducting a rhino count.
The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) employee was injured after he fell down from an elephant he was riding when a wild elephant called Dhrube pursued it in course of the rhino census in Chitwan National Park on April 2.
Minister Ale provided the assistance for Shrestha's medical treatment from his personal side. He handed over the amount to Shrestha at local HAMS Hospital where he is being treated, said Rabin Gyalan, the Minister's personal secretary.
On the occasion, Minister Ale informed that the Ministry will bear Shrestha's all medical expenses.
Minister Shrestha was accompanied by Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Dr Deepak Kharal, NTNC member-secretary Sharad Adhikari, among other officials.
