Chitwan, May 6
The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has recorded the deaths of six Royal Bengal tigers in the first ten months of the current fiscal. The latest death was reported on Monday, after a carcass of a male tiger of around two years of age was recovered from the park area.
CNP information officer Abinash Thapa Magar said the dead include two males, three females, while the gender of the remaining one is yet to be confirmed. Among them, two tigers had fought to death, while one died of natural causes. Three died after their rescue. According to the latest census, the CNP is home to 128 tigers, while this year’s census results have yet to be released.
