KATHMANDU: Nepal’s endangered rhino population has increased by a whopping 21 per cent bringing their total number to 645 in the country.
The country now has 111 new rhinos as compared to the 2011 estimate of 534 rhinos in the its Terai Arc Landscape, according to data released by the Nepal government.
The rhino count was conducted in Chitwan National Park, Parsa Wildlife Reserve, Bardia National Park, Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve and their buffer zones in the Terai Arc Landscape from April 11-May 2.
The population count was led by the Nepal government’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and Department of Forest in collaboration with the World Wide Fund Nepal.
