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Poachers
strike again in Chitwan National Park
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December
2006
Despite
attempts by the Chitwan National Park administration and forest officials
to thwart rhino poaching, poachers have shot and injured yet another rhino
in Chitwan.
A
total of nine rhinos have been killed - five of them between mid-October
and November - by poachers in the Chitwan National Park and the surrounding
areas in 2006.
According
to the most recent rhino census, there were 372
rhinos in the Chitwan National Park alone.
There have been 38 rhino killings and 10 natural deaths since then. Following
the rise in the incidents of poaching, a check-post had been set up at
the Thangkhola community forest of Padampur VDC.
The
then Royal Nepal Army Gorakh Battalion at Kasara has taken over responsibility
for the security of the park but there has been no reduction in poaching.
There were 39 security posts before, and these were limited to seven, citing
Maoist insurgency. Seventeen of the posts
have now been reestablished in different areas of the park for the conservation
of the rhinos.
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More
rhino killed in Chitwan
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October
2006
Poachers
killed yet another rhino that had strayed into human settlement area from
the Chitwan National Park by giving the animal electric shocks.The carcass
of a rhino was found in Jagatpur VDC.
This
is the third rhino that has been killed within two weeks. Poachers killed
the rhino by planting electric wires at Jagatpur VDC-2 on the border of
the national park. The rhino was nearly 15 years old, said the source.
One
rhino was killed at Siswar of Dibyanagar VDC-3 on October 26, 2006.
On
October 18 a rhino with its horn stolen, was found dead in Dadauli of Old
Padampur inside the National Park.
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More
rhino killed in Chitwan
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August
2006
One
more rhino has fallen prey to poaching in the Chitwan National Park.
Poachers
had shot the eight-year-old rhino in the stomach twice in an attempt to
kill it, the officials added.
This
is the fifth rhino poachers have killed in the national park this month.
The
latest official count of the rhinos in 2006 has shown the number dropped
drastically to fewer than 400 from nearly 600 animals in 2000.
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