Rhino found dead

CHITWAN, Oct 12: A rhino has been found dead in the Chitwan National Park (CNP).

The one-horned female rhino, aged around 25, was found dead in Khoriya area of the national park. 

Information Officer of the CNP, Ganesh Prasad Tiwari shared that the horn and hooves of the rhino were found unseized. 

"The fatal accident took place due to in-fighting", he informed, adding the death toll of the endangered species in the CNP has reached five in the current fiscal year. 

It is suspected that one of them was killed in poaching.