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Poachers strike again in Chitwan National Park
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
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
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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