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In Nepal’s Chitwan, elephant’s shooting, death raises eyebrows
On the morning of Jan. 5, a soldier deployed at the Chitwan National Park shot a wild elephant (Elephas maximus) after it ...
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World’s smallest otter discovered in Nepal after years of speculation
The last time the Asian small-clawed otter ( Aonyx cinereus ), the smallest of the world’s 13 known otter species, was ...
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Walking With Rhinos Is The Experience To Have In Nepal
Until, finally, it was time for the group to head to Nepal’s first and oldest National Park, Chitwan. Home to single-horned Asiatic rhinoceros, and as one of the last refuges of the Bengal tiger ...
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Rhino count kicks off in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape
Nepal’s rhino count was initiated in the Chitwan-Parsa Complex in the Terai Arc Landscape on 11 April under the leadership of the government’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation ...
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Nepal achieves 21% increase in rhino numbers
There are now presently 645 rhinos as compared to the 2011 estimate of 534 rhinos in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape. The rhino count was conducted in Chitwan National Park, Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Bardia ...
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Military-backed conservation ‘without firing a single shot’: Interview with Nepal’s Babu Krishna Karki
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 1973, Nepal’s government established Chitwan National Park, to fight pervasive poaching and habitat degradation, and deployed the military ...