Poachers kill rhino
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BHARATPUR, APR 23 - In yet another incident of poaching, an endangered one-horned rhino was found killed near Kasara in Chitwan National Park (CNP).
Employees and security personnel heard gunshots in the evening on Wednesday near the CNP’s headquarters in Kasara. Later, they found an adult rhinoceros dead about three kilometres away from the office. A CNP source said the poachers had taken away the horn, while the hoofs were, however, intact.
Park officials carried out a post-mortem on the rhino on Thursday.
According to ranger Rupak Maharjan, the rhino was about 20 years of age.
Sources said poachers intensify their activities with the onset of the Nepali new year and and that most of the rhinos were killed in the Sauraha and Kasara areas. As per CNP, poachers killed 10 rhinos, while another 10 died of natural causes inside the park last year.
Posted on: 2010-04-23 08:32
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