CHITWAN, Jan 12: A Royal Bengal tiger and a rhino were found dead inside the Chitwan National Park (CNP).
A male tiger aged around 15 years was found dead on Wednesday on the Narayani river bank in the Champa Salghari area of Amaltari, and the rhino aged about five years in the Sauraha area, said CNP Information Officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari.
Rhino found dead in CNP
This is the first death of a tiger so far in the current fiscal year 2022/23. It died a natural death, he said, adding that the rhino had died in a tiger attack.
With this, eight rhinos have died so far in the current FY.