Global News - March 2008
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Study shows one-horned rhino numbers are increasing
Tue 25 March 2008 13:45 UK — Asia,Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos
Successful anti-poaching campaigns and the end of the civil war have helped the number of rare one-horned rhinoceroses in Nepal increase dramatically, a report has suggested.
A recent survey of the Chitwan National Park in Nepal counted 408 great one-horned rhinoceroses, which is significantly higher than previous research had suggested.
Officials said that the end of Maoist insurgency in 2006 meant that forest guards are going back to the jungles and authorities are restoring security and watching posts in a bid to prevent poaching.
Chief warden Megh Bahadur Pandey told Reuters: "We have also intensified anti-poaching drives and all political parties are interested in saving the rhinoceroses now.
"I think this increase in a small period of three years is good."
Estimates indicate that only around 2,500 one-horned rhinoceroses survive in the world. Apart from the Chitwan National Park, the animals are only found in large numbers in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, which is home to around 1,800 of the animals.
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