A rare one-horned rhino has been killed in Nepal's national park. Authorities have said that it was poachers who killed the rare rhino.
The rare one-horned rhino was a male. The authorities have also said that it was found Saturday morning without its horn at Chitwan National Park, Nepal's biggest rhino conservation area. The security has been stricter following the death of the rare male rhino. "We performed a post-mortem and found that it had been hit by a bullet on its head," the park's spokesman Nurendra Aryal explained. They are now finding more clues that will lead them to the suspects.
"We hope that the investigation will help us devise new strategies to strengthen protection for these animals," Shant Raj Jnawali, a rhino expert at WWF, said. This killing is an indicator that the rare one-horned rhino animals are still very open for poachers, Chicago Tribune reported. Nepal has to pass stricter laws. There are many people who help in the anti-poaching campaign like the community, park wardens and army. Apparently, it wasn't enough as it is the first time after three years it happened.
The authorities were planning to start breeding the rare rhinos. However, after this tragic event, it might not happen anymore as there are only four female rare one-horned rhinos left, the Telegraph stated. Nepal has about 645 rhinos and about 600 live in Chitwan National Park. There were about thousands of the now rare one-horned rhino animals in Nepal. However, after the civil war in 1996 to 2006, it has decreased dramatically.
On the other hand, there was a similar case that happened in France. There was a white rhino that was killed inside a zoo. Even though there is a security, the poachers still got in and did their thing. People and the French government were enraged and have been solving the case. Rhinoceros have been getting killed left and right for their precious horns. Rare one-horned rhino and other types like the white rhino in France are more endangered as their horns are worth much more than the others.
Good thing there are animal reserves and national parks to protect the animals like the rare one-horned rhino. Government and the people just have to work together to solve the issue at hand.
