RATNANAGAR: A week after a wild water buffalo also called Arna gave birth to a female calf, another Arna has also given birth to a calf on Thursday in Chitwan National Park (CNP), officials confirmed.

According to the Senior Veterinary Doctor at the CNP, Kamal Ghaire, a male calf was recovered from the conserved area of the wild water buffalo in the eastern belt of CNP at Padampur.

Earlier, a wild buffalo that was translocated to the CNP nearly two years ago, had given birth to a female calf on August 16. "Following the two-day long monitoring carried out with the help of elephants, we found the second wild water buffalo giving birth to a calf," Ghaire narrated. He added that one more Arna is an aspiring mother and is expected to give birth within a month.

This image shows a wild water buffalo on the bank of a brook and her newly-born calf (right) at Chitwan National Park, in Chitwan district, on Friday, August 24, 2018. Photo: RSS

With the addition of new members of Arna, Director General of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department Man Bahadur Khadka said that it was a huge achievement in conservation of the species and shared his plan to add more Arna in the open place. After the arrival of a new member of Arna, the total number of wild water buffaloes in open space has reached 11 in the national park.

Prior to this, six Arna lost their lives due to diseases and in tiger attack, according to the officials at CNP.

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