Nepal | Rise in natural deaths among Chitwan NP rhinos leads to debate on carrying capacity

CHITWAN, Nepal —There was a time when Dhan Maya Tamang and her husband, Prem Bahadur, both in their 50s, worried about rhinos straying into their settlement.

“They would come out mostly in the night and raid our paddy fields during the harvest season,” say the Tamangs. “Our fences were of little help. We were helpless as we cannot do anything to them. They are protected by law.”

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/at-capacity-a-nepali-park-reckons-with-its-rhinos/

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