Panel formed in Nepal to save rhinos

A Rhino Conservation Coordination Committee has been formed in Chitwan in central Nepal, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal said in a press release issued Wednesday.

The committee was formed following the conclusion of a two-day program on the condition of rhino conservation.

The committee comprises representatives of political parties, partner organizations, media, Hotel Association of Nepal, among others.

"The committee will review policies, coordinate among partners, monitor rhino conservation activities, and organize meetings on rhino conservation," the WWF Nepal said in the release.

Poachers killed at least three rhinos in forests in the area in a week of July, according to an earlier report.

The number of rhinos were found to have declined from 544 to about 350 in the past five years in the area, a 175-square km world heritage site, some 100 west of Kathmandu, which houses most of Nepal's endangered one-horned Asiatic rhinos.

Source: Xinhua