‘No poaching’ of one-horned rhinos surpasses 516 days
Poaching of One-horned rhinos in Chitwan National Park has not occurred in 516 days, with two killed in Chaparchuli area, arrests of nine people. Since then, rhino poaching has stopped since the CNP has been implementing other security plan changes, he continued. The current fiscal year has seen the discovery of 24 dead rhinos, all of them passed away from natural reasons such as tiger attacks, crocodile attacks, illness, and old age. In the preceding fiscal year, 21 rhinos died. According to him, 18 of them died naturally, while two of them died as a result of poaching.
According to Magar, 22 rhinos died in Chitwan National Park during fiscal year 2079/80 BS. Poaching claimed the life of one of them. Once, after 1,071 days without poaching, there was a celebration. Nepal has 752 rhinos, according to the 2021 census. Chitwan National Park is home to the greatest number of one-horned rhinos of any place, at 694.
