CHITWAN, July 16 -- The Chitwan National Park and its bufferzone areas house 605 one-horned rhinos concentrated in an area of 932 square kilometres, according to the CNP official data. In the last fiscal year, 43 rhinos were found dead inside the CNP and its buffer zone areas. All of them were found to have died a natural death with seven believed to have died from wounds inflicted from fights.

"We suspect that most of the rhinos died fighting one another," said Bed Kumak Dhakal, chief conservation officer of the CNP.

Rhinos confront each other when they find themselves in a constricted space, such as small ponds or water pits. Many rhinos in the park get injured in these fights.

The ones on the losing side find themselves searching fo...