High-voltage electric fences turn Chitwan farmlands into death traps

Chitwan, Aug. 8 -- Efforts by farmers to protect their crops from wild animals in the buffer zones of Chitwan National Park have turned deadly. Electric fences-illegally rigged with live current to wa... Read More

Rare butterfly sighted in Sauraha after 51 years

Chitwan, Aug. 7 -- A butterfly species considered extremely rare in Nepal has been sighted in Sauraha, a tourist hub in Chitwan district, for the first time in over five decades. The silver-streaked ... Read More

Once a 'natural prison', Madi village now welcomes thousands of tourists

Chitwan, Aug. 6 -- When Jeet Bahadur Chapagain proposed launching a homestay in his remote village of Laxmibash-located about 35 kilometres from Sauraha through the dense forests of Chitwan National P... Read More

Rhino found electrocuted in rice field in Chitwan

Chitwan, Aug. 6 -- year-old male rhinoceros was found dead in a rice field in ward 2 of Madi Municipality in southern Chitwan, conservation authorities said on Wednesday. The animal is believed to ha... Read More

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