Chitwan National Park destroying stored wildlife body parts

CHITWAN: Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Agni Prasad Sapkota today inspected the storage of body parts of various wild animals at the Armed Forest Guard Training Centre in Tikauli and Chitwan National Park Office in Chitwan.

After the inspection, Minister Sapkota said all the stored body parts of wild animals would be destroyed except few samples which would be kept for study and scientific research.

The process to select sample body parts and disposal of the remaining has already started and it would be completed within a week, the concerned authority said.