CHITWAN, Feb. 12 -- Ramaya Soti, a resident of Milan Chowk, Devchuli Municipality-1, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East), left home on February 6 with four friends to collect cattle fodder from the Dibya Buffer Zone Community Forest near her home. But she never returned home.

A rhino attacked Soti, killing her on the spot. It also injured one of her companions, while the other two managed to escape.

Wildlife attacks in Chitwan National Park (CNP) and buffer zone community forests have claimed an alarming number of lives over the years. In the past four and a half years alone, wild animals have killed 70 people and injured 141 others in these areas.

Tigers, rhinos, elephants, wild boars, crocodiles, and gaur (Indian bison) have fatally...