Chitwan, May 6: The Chitwan National Park (CNP) has, in the first ten months of the current fiscal, recorded the death of six Royal Bengal tigers.
The latest death was reported on Monday, after a carcass of a male tiger of around two years of age was recovered from the park area.
CNP information officer Abinash Thapa Magar said the dead include two male, three female while the gender of the remaining one is yet to be confirmed.
Among them, two tigers had fought to death while one died of natural causes. Three died after their rescue.
According to the latest census, the CNP is home to 128 tigers, while the results of this year's census are yet to be released.
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