Wildlife experts have described the increase in rhino population in the country’s protected parks as encouraging news for the country’s conservation sector. In 2020, the count was called off for an indefinite period just days before schedule due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019, the count could not take place due to a funds crunch. The count, which took place after a gap of six years, began on March 22 after numerous postponements in the last two years. These three parks had 29, eight and three rhinos in 2015 respectively. The census found that Bardiya National Park has 38 rhinos, Shuklaphanta National Park has 17 and Parsa National Park has three. In 2015, it had 605 rhinos and this figure has now gone up to 694. “The latest rhino census also shows that our conservation effort is on the right track,” said Acharya.Īs per the latest findings, Chitwan National Park alone accounted for an increase of 89 rhinos. In Chitwan, a wild elephant had attacked the rhino counting team, leaving many enumerators injured whereas in Bardiya a mahout, who was part of the counting team, was mauled to death by a tiger. “The nationwide census has been by and large successful except for two accidents in Bardiya National Park and Chitwan National Park.” “The latest finding makes exciting news as the rhino population has increased in the country,” said Haribhadra Acharya, a spokesperson for the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. The country’s rhino population stood at 645 in its four protected areas in 2015. The findings of the nationwide rhino count, made public on Saturday in Sauraha, Chitwan, concluded that Nepal’s rhino population has increased by 107 since the last census in 2015.
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