KATHMANDU: The Chitwan National Park (CNP) and the National Trust for Nature Conservation are set to carry out a research on the increasing instances of natural death of rhinos in the national park.
According to CNP conservation officer Prem Narayan Kandel, they were forwarding the study process forging coordination with the Trust.
The western region of the national park has been witnessing frequent deaths of the one-horned animal of late.
The CNP has initiated to carry out the study after eight rhinos were found dead in the last two months.
While one was found dead due to poaching, others had died due to natural causes.
It should be noted that as many as 43 rhinos died last year due to natural causes.
The common causes of rhino deaths are said to have being stuck in swamp, washed away by floods, and encounters with each other.
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