Unsafe wildlife

Strong political commitment and strict law enforcement are vital for their conservation.

Poaching of precious wildlife has resumed in Nepal with the recent brutal killings of two female rhinos in separate man-made pits at Chitwan National Park. We are not even halfway through this fiscal year, and the park has already lost three rhinos. Further, a few days ago, three poachers were arrested in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve with two muskets, a pair of binoculars, and 102 sets of animal traps, among other hunting logistics. The number of incidents could be much higher than these reported events though, as many of them go under the rug, unreported.