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Nature guide killed in rhino attack in Chitwan National Park

BHARATPUR: A tragic incident unfolded today as a nature guide lost his life in a rhino attack in Chitwan National Park on Saturday. The victim, identified as Subas Regmi, aged 32, was guiding tourists from the elephant breeding center to the buffer zone forest area in the western part of the park when the rhino […]

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Nature guide killed in rhino attack

BHARATPUR, April 13: A nature guide died in a rhino attack at Chitwan National Park today.

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Nature guide killed in rhino attack

BHARATPUR, April 13: A nature guide died in a rhino attack at Chitwan National Park today.

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Rescued rhino calves released into wild

CHITWAN: Two rhino calves reared by the Chitwan National Park (CNP) have been released into the wild in the park. The calves kept at the National Trust for Nature Conservation, Sauraha have been held and transported on a truck before releasing them into the Tamital area, said the park’s vet Dr Bijaya Shrestha. No dart […]

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22-day-old baby rhino dies of pneumonia

CHITWAN, July 17: A baby rhino (Keto) rescued from Amaltari sector of Nawalparasi under Chitwan National Park has died. The rhino baby, which was rescued from Amaltari a week ago and taken to the National Trust for Nature Conservation at Sauraha, died of pneumonia.

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Tiger survey work completed in Chitwan National Park

The work of the tiger survey in Chitwan National Park and surrounding areas has been completed under the National Tiger Survey 2078 BS. According to Dr. Baburam Lamichhane, head of the National Nature Conservation Fund, Sauraha, the survey is being conducted in all the areas of Parsa, Bara and Rautahat Division Forest Office except Pratappur of Parsa from the first week of January. He shared that 300 pairs of cameras have been placed in those areas. Surveys will be carried out in Shuklaphanta and Laljhadi areas with the help of cameras and after surveying all the areas, data will be collected. The survey started from Chitwan by dividing Chitwan and Parsa into three blocks. Camera trapping work has been completed in the first and second blocks and work has started in the third block. Every four square kilometers of the area is surveyed by assembling a pair of cameras on a grid. According to Ganesh Prasad Tiwari, Assistant Conservation Officer and Information Officer of the park, camera trap, range finder, GPS and record firm have been used in the survey. The photos collected by the camera are now being stored on laptops and computers. He informed that after the completion of the survey work in all three blocks, the team including experts will collect the photos taken from the camera in one place and get the final result through software. It is estimated to cost around Rs. 40 million. After the photo study, the statistics are planned to be made public on the occasion of World Tiger Day on July 29. According to the 2018 Tiger Census, 235 adult tigers were found in Nepal. At that time, 93 tigers were found in Chitwan, 87 in Bardiya, 18 in Parsa, 16 in Shuklaphanta and 21 in Banke. This number is expected to increase. Nepal had pledged to increase the number of tigers to 250 by 2022 at the 2010 Tiger Summit of 13 Heads of State in St. Petersburg, Russia. At that time, there were 121 tigers in Nepal.

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Rhino swept away by Narayani, brought from India

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.

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Tiger census to be held simultaneously in Chitwan and Parsa

CHITWAN, Dec 3: Narayan Adhikari A two-day training for enumerators and technical staff has begun here today at the Chitwan National Park, in preparation for the National Tiger Survey. The tiger census is to be conducted in Chitwan, Bardiya, Parsa, Shuklaphanta and Banke national parks from December 5. Some 100 persons would be trained for this purpose. The training is coordinated by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Experts from ZSL, World Wildlife Fund, National Trust for Nature Conservation and the Department of Forests will impart the training. Chief Conservation Officer at CNP Hari Bhadra Acharya said the tiger count would be conducted simultaneously in Chitwan and Parsa. Three hundred sixty pairs of cameras would be installed in the two national parks for the census. Sixteen camps have been set up in the single block comprising the two national parks. The cameras will be placed at a height of half metre. The automatic trapping cameras would be installed in trees at several spots and also on poles. Tiger count is done with the 'capture recaptured method'. A pair of cameras is installed in two grids or four square kilometres area. As Acharya shared, the cameras have to be kept for at least two weeks. It is estimated that capturing tiger image by cameras will complete in about two months. The results of the tiger census will be available after four months after studying the images captured by camera. The national level tiger census was started here since 2008. It was conducted for the second time in 2013, for third time in 2018 and this year for the fourth time. Acharya said they would start counting the prey population after the results of the tiger survey are published. The previous 2018 tiger census put the population of adult tigers at 235. The highest number (93) was counted in the CNP followed by 87 in Bardiya, 21 in Banke, 18 in Parsa and 16 in Shuklaphanta. This figure is expected to rise over the course of time. The 2010 Global Conference participated by 13 countries (where tigers are found) held in St Petersburg, Russia, had pledged to double the population of tigers by 2022 and Nepal also vowed to increase its number from 121 to 250. Tiger conservationists are hopeful that Nepal would live up to its promise to double the tigers’ population by the given time. Nepal conducts the tiger census every four years.

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Minister Ale provides financial support to injured rhino enumerator

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.

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