The Chitwan National Park (CNP) observed the zero-rhino poaching year for the second straight year, thanks to the special strategy aimed at curbing the poaching of wildlife and protecting the endangered species.
The park has recorded no incident of poaching of the rare wildlife including one-horned rhino and tiger to date since May 1, 2014. The park is completing 730 days with no rhino poaching case at 12:05 tonight.
The Park in a period of sixteen years (from 2007 BS to 2023 BS) witnessed a significant fall in the numbers of rhino due to its rampant poaching, with the number of this endangered species falling to 100 from 800.
According to CNP Assistant Conservation Officer Nurendra Aryal, a total of 172 rhinos were killed between 2055-56 and 2070-71 while the number of rhinos that died from natural causes in this period was counted at 212.
The CNP was listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. RSS
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