In the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, 13 people were killed in attacks by rhinos, elephants, tigers, and crocodiles in 2081/82 and 11 in 2080/81, while five people died last year.
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In the last fiscal year 2082/83, five people died in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park due to wild animal attacks. According to Chitwan National Park Information Officer and Conservation Officer Avinash Thapa Magar, two people each died from wild elephants and rhinoceroses, and one person died from a tiger attack.
A comparative study of the last three fiscal years has shown a decrease in the number of human deaths from wild animals in the last fiscal year. In the fiscal year 2081/82, a total of 13 people were killed in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, including nine people killed by rhinoceroses, two by elephants, and one each by tigers and crocodiles. In 2080/81, 11 people were also killed. According to the park's data, five people were killed by rhinoceroses, four by tigers, and two by crocodiles.
Three years ago, human losses from wild elephants were zero. But on the midnight of 20th Ashad, the elephant 'Dhurbe' killed a mother and her young son from the same house. After killing two people, the park started tracking the elephant 'Dhurbe' by placing a new satellite collar on its neck last Wednesday. Based on the indications that the elephant had crossed the Rapti River from Patihani on Saturday night, the park staff had urged the locals to be alert.
The Chitwan National Park team has been monitoring and controlling tigers and elephants that come to the settlements and create problems. But there does not seem to be any such special arrangement in the case of rhinos. ‘Although there is a desire to reduce the number of human deaths caused by wild animals to zero, there are various challenges,’ said Shivaji Gaik, chairman of the Intermediate Area Management Committee of Chitwan National Park. ‘This is possible only if adequate public awareness is created and infrastructure is prepared.’
People do not go to the forest as before. But wild animals have now started entering settlements. Elephants, rhinos and leopards come out of the forest to eat rice, corn and wheat crops, said Chairman Gaik.
Gaik says that the Intermediate Area Management Committee, the park administration and the Nepali Army deployed for park security have been making preparations to protect against wild animals. He said that mesh nets, wire fences and concrete walls are being installed to prevent animals from entering settlements. Nevertheless, wild animals have not stopped coming.
