Tiger, rhino found dead inside CNP

KATHMANDU: A Royal Bengal tiger and a rhino were found dead inside the Chitwan National Park.

According to CNP information officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari, the male tiger was found dead on Wednesday at the Narayani river bank of Champa Salghari area in Amaltari, and the rhino was found dead at the Sauraha area.

This is the first tiger death in the current fiscal year (2022/23). It died naturally, he said, adding that the rhino died after being attacked by a tiger.

So far in the current fiscal year, eight rhinos have died as a result of this.