Friday, November 6, 2020

Rhino poaching on the rise

Kathmandu, 7 November: The Chitwan National Park (CNP), which was observing zero poachings of rhino year for continuous four years, however, the year 2020 has added worries to the conservation officials as again rhino poachers have become active in the Park in Chitwan.
According to the Park officials, 37 rhinos were killed by the poachers this year. According to the 2015 census, there are a total of 645 rhinos in Nepal. Of them, 605 rhinos were found in Chitwan National Park alone. The highest number of rhinos in the park died in the fiscal year 2020.
Besides the killing of 37 rhinos by the poachers, 26 died due to the natural causes.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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