January 23, 2023: Smugglers killed two rhinos on the banks of the Narayani river in Chitwan National Park.
On Friday Two rhinos were found dead on the banks of the Narayani River in Madhyabindu Municipality Ward No. 2 of East Nawalparasi Nepal.
According to Ganesh Tiwari, information officer of the Chitwan National Park 14 years old adult female rhinos and a four-year-old boy of the same rhinoceros were killed by the smugglers. After seeing the dead rhinoceros, the locals informed the park and the army.
According to the park, the horn of the female rhinoceros was found in a severed condition so this may have been killed by a smuggler. an investigation is underway into the death of the rhinoceros.
