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10 rhinos die from natural causes in six months in Chitwan National Park

CHITWAN, Jan 13: Ten rhinos in the Chitwan National Park and the national forest area have died from natural causes...
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CHITWAN, Jan 12: Ten rhinos in the Chitwan National Park and the national forest area have died from natural causes in the past six months alone.


In the latest incident, a rhino was found dead at the Bhaluwai river of Bankatta in Madi area.


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The CNP has received information on the incident, and a technical team has been sent to the incident area for a postmortem, said CNP's information officer Gopal Ghimire, adding that the dead rhino was under surveillance since it was found injured.


Forty-three rhinos had died from natural causes in the last year.


The CNP alone houses 605 rhinos of the total 645 recorded across the country, according to the latest census.

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