Kathamandu, March 2 -- Nepal's rhino census conducted in an interval of every five years now faces an uncertain future with the suspension of USAID, one of the major donors for the project, by the Donald Trump administration.

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, which has been carrying out the census in collaboration with various agencies working with the park, is now facing a financial crunch and is unable to continue the work.

Department ecologist and Information Officer, Haribhadra Acharya said that an agreement had been reached with USAID's 'Jal Jungle project' for the purchase of the necessary equipment for conducting the rhino census, but the census has become uncertain now that the project is suspended.

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