22 Rhinos Die in Chitwan National Park and Forest Area

Chitwan. 22 rhinos have died in Chitwan National Park and national forest area. By the end of Ashad last fiscal year, 20 rhinos had died in the park area and two in the national forest area.

According to the park's information officer Avinash Thapamagar, two rhinos died from electrocution, while others died from natural causes. It is reported that rhinos died from electrocution near the Lokaha river in Chitwan's Madi and Nawalparasi Susta East.

Additionally, rhinos died from electrocution in the buffer zone in Madi and in the national forest area in Nawalparasi. He informed that other rhinos died due to reasons such as getting stuck in swamps, fighting, tigers eating calves, and old age.

In the fiscal year 2081/82, 30 rhinos died due to natural causes. Of these, two died in the national forest area, while others died in the park and buffer zone. According to the 2021 census, there were 694 adult rhinos in Chitwan National Park.