A rhino was found dead in the Chitwan National Park on Sunday. The rhino of around 12 years old was found dead inside the Belsar Buffer Zone Community Forest at Jarnelighat on the bank of Rapti river of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-13, Chitwan. Information Officer of the Chitwan National Park, Ganesh Prasad Adhikari, told RSS that rhino horn and hooves are safe. The Park officials have assumed that the rhino died following a fight with another rhino.
A female rhino that set out from Bardia National Park has been found dead at Bazpur community forest, Geruwa Rural Municipality. The rhino is about 19/20 years of age and how the animal died will be known after a post-mortem examination, BNP assistant conservation officer Badri Binod Dahal said. —
