Nepal launched a count of the endangered one-horned rhinos. The census started Tuesday at the Chitwan National Park, some 175 kilometres south of Kathmandu, and was due to last three weeks. The latest count of the rhinos conducted in 2008 put the number of the one-horned rhinos in the country at 435, out of which 408 are in the Chitwan National Park. More than 25 rhinos were reported dead in 2008-10. Nearly 100 were killed in 2001-02, when the Maoist insurgency was at its peak.
