Another one-horned rhino calf was spotted with its mother by conservationists during a recent elephant-back patrol in Bardiya.
Supported by experts from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and a grant from the Darwin Initiative, systematic anti-poaching and monitoring patrols are carried out by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) to protect this endangered animal. [break]
Nepal´s rhino population has been subjected to intensive poaching over the past decade. Now less than 450 rhino remain in Bardiya and Chitwan National Parks, and Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve.
The elephant-back patrol teams have also seen success in Chitwan National Park, where a female calf was recently rescued after being separated from its mother during the monsoon.
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