Speeding vehicles kill 358 wild animals in Banke National Park

BANKE, August 12: The highway inside the park in Banke district has become like an electric trap for wildlife. Statistics of the last seven years show the number of wild animals killed after being hit by vehicles on the highways is increasing every year.

A total of 358 wild animals have been killed in road accidents in the last seven years due to vehicles plying on the East-West Highway in Banke National Park and Ratna Highway under the Kohalpur-Surkhet road section. In the fiscal year 077/078 alone, 43 wild animals have been trampled to death by vehicles plying on the East-West Highway and Ratna Highway. Last year, 25 wild animals died due to other reasons.