Chitwan, May 17 -- horned rhinoceros found dead in a cornfield in Kawasoti Municipality of Nawalparasi East on Friday has once again drawn attention to a growing threat facing the country's endangered wildlife-illegal electric traps set either by poachers or farmers trying to protect crops from wild animals.

The rhino carcass was discovered at Syaulitol in Kawasoti Municipality-1, around two kilometres north of the East-West Highway. The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Division Forest Office rather than the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, but rhinos frequently move through the settlement from nearby forests.

Forest officials suspect the animal died after being electrocuted. During the investigation, authorities recovered ...