Smugglers kill two rhinos in Chitwan National Park
CHITWAN, Nov 17: Two rhinos have been killed by smugglers in Chitwan National Park (CNP). The rhinos were killed by making a ditch three and a half kilometers south-east from Satarchuli post in the eastern sector of the park.
Three male rhinos have been shifted to the eastern part of the Chitwan National Park from the western areas.
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CHITWAN: Two rhinos have been killed by poachers in the Chitwan National Park. Two female rhinos were found dead with their horns removed in the area, 3.5 kilometres south-east of Chaparchuli Post under the east sector of the CNP, said the CNP information officer Ganesh Tiwari. They were killed by trapping them into ditches, he […]
NAWALPUR, September 28: A female rhinoceros has been found dead on the bank of the Rewakhola stream at Madi area under the Chitwan National Park. The dead body of the animal of around 10 years was spotted at 12 noon on Monday at a spot one and half kilometre to the south-east of the National Park's Dhowa Post, Chief Conservation Officer Ananath Baral said.
He said an iron rod was found stuck in the rhino's body. "We presume that the locals killed the animal with the rod when it was eating the rice in their rice field. We have initiated an investigation in this connection," Baral said.
According to him, the rhino died due to the internal wound it suffered from the piercing of the rod. The rhino might have been attacked on Sunday. "It was alive at the time of trapping. We found it dead in the bush in the noon," he said. The horn and hooves of the rhino are intact.
Eight rhinos have died due to various causes in Fiscal Year 2021/22. There are 694 rhinos in Chitwan National Park as per the national rhino census conducted in 2020.
CHITWAN, June 28: A person convicted of killing four rhinos in Chitwan National Park has been sent to jail. He is Rajman Thapa Magar alias Rajman Magar.
Magar was imprisoned on Sunday after being convicted of the death of four rhinos due to poaching in the CNP in fiscal year 2020/21.
The 30-year-old Magar from Gaindakot Municipality-3 of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta East) has been sent to jail, CNP Information Officer, Lokendra Adhikari, said. Magar was arrested with the help of local conservationists.
He was presented before the Nawalpur District Court and the court ordered him to be sent to jail.
Adhikari said legal action has been taken against 27 persons including Thapa this year on the charge of rhino poaching.
