49 wild animals killed in last four months in CNP

BHARATPUR, NOVEMBER 16 : Forty-nine wild animals have died in the Chitwan National Park (CNP) in four months. The largest number of dead animals comprises of 28 spotted deer. Ganesh Prasad Tiwari, information officer of the CNP, said 17 of these animals have died in attacks by dogs and one each due to a road accident and getting stuck in a bog.

According to him, two one-horned rhinos have died in CNP in the last four months of the current fiscal year, 2022/23. One died of a natural cause (ageing, illness or being attacked by tigers) while the next died due to electrocution. Similarly, the CNP statistics showed that one government-domesticated elephant and another private elephant died of natural causes.

Other animals killed due to natural causes include three wild buffaloes, one cheetah, three blue bulls, two tortoises, one laguna deer, and three gharial crocodiles. One deer died due to natural causes and another one due to an attack by a dog. A boar also died. The highest number of wild animals in the CNP is that of spotted deer, Chief Conservation Officer Hari Bhadra Acharya said.

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