CHITWAN: Two adult and calf rhinos were found dead in the Chitwan National Park (CNP).
According to CNP’s information officer and assistant conservation officer Ashok Ram, the rhinos were found dead at Laukhani.
A patrol squad of Nepal Army entrusted with the responsibility of the park security found the dead rhinos.
He said the deceased female rhino was found without horn so poaching was suspected behind the incident.
According to him, there is similarity in the nature of the death of a rhino that occurred three months ago and that of Wednesday.
At least 11 rhinos have so far died in Chitwan in the current fiscal year. Nine of them died naturally, the CNP sources said.
According to the 2015 census, there are a total of 645 rhinos including 605 at CNP.
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