An adult female rhino was found dead in Gyaneshwar Community Forest located in Mangalpur area of west Chitwan, Wednesday.
District Forest Office, Chitwan said, the rhino could have been electrocuted as naked wire was found near the rhino's body.
Forest officials have ruled out the involvement of poachers in the rhino's death as its horn and the hoof are safe.
Despite increased surveillance, six rhinos were killed in national parks and wild life reserves of Nepal in the past two months.
There are some 408 rhinos in the Chitwan National Park alone.
The government has classified rhinos as endangered species.
•
del.icio.us
digg
facebook
