Chitwan National Park has welcomed eight baby rhinos into the world!

Wonderful news: Nepal’s Chitwan National Park is enjoying a ‘baby boom’ of eight newborn rhinos!

The most recent baby – a male – was born just ten days ago to “Sainli”, a 15-year-old female rhino. Sainli is one of the rhinos fitted with a GPS collar, which park officials say has made it possible to monitor rhino births more closely.

Chitwan National Park’s Chief Conservation officer said via My Republica that Sainli and her new baby are both healthy.

According to National Nature Conservation Trust’s Naresh Subedi, two of the eight new baby rhinos are the offspring of females “Rosy” and “Poke”, and were born within the last 60 days.

Greater one-horned rhinos in Nepal

Nepal is home to approximately 435 greater one-horned rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis), which occupy Chitwan National Park, Bardia National Park, and Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve.

While the greater one-horned rhino population is steadily increasing, these rhinos remain under threat of poaching for their horns.

Although extensive scientific analysis has confirmed that rhino horn has no medicinal properties, myths and superstitions about rhino horn persist throughout China and Vietnam, where rhino horn is considered a key ingredient of traditional Chinese medicine.

You might also enjoy our fantastic photo gallery of greater one-horned rhinos in Nepal!

Source: My Republica

Image: istock.com

Rhishja Cota-Larson

I am the founder of Saving Rhinos LLC, which publishes news and information about the global rhino crisis. Besides writing Rhino Horn is Not Medicine, I am the author of the book Murder, Myths & Medicine, the Editor of Project Pangolin, and a writer for the environmental news blog Planetsave. When I'm not blogging about the illegal wildlife trade, I like to rock out to live music.

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