Decomposed rhino found in Chitwan

The male rhino, aged around 30-35 years could have died after a fight with another male

CHITWAN
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A rhinoceros has been found completely decomposed in the western sector of the Chitwan National Park (CNP) in Chitwan district. 

The male rhino, aged around 30-35 years, was found in a decomposed state in the Narayani River at Bhalauji of Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality, according to the park’s assistant conservation officer, Ashok Ram.
The herbivorous mammal could have died around one month ago after a fight with another male rhino, said Ram.

The hoofs and horn of the rhino was intact, informed Ram, adding that as many as nine rhinos have died in the Park owing to various reasons since Mid-July.

The 2015 rhino census had put the number of rhinos in Nepal to 645. Among then 605 were found in CNP alone. But given the alarming rate of rhinos deaths in CNP in recent days, the Park was planning to conduct a study on the same, shared Ram.

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