PATHLAIYA : The effects of global warming is being felt everywhere and the wildlife at the Parsa Wildlife Reserve are the latest to be hit. With natural sources of water drying in the reserve, the wild beasts have started moving towards nearby human settlements to quench their thirst.

In a bid to stop wild animals from going to human settlement, the Parsa Wildlife Reserve has started supplying water in the jungle from tankers. "We started supplying water from the tankers after the animals started going to nearby villages to quench their thirst," Tulsiram Sharma, chief conservation officer at the reserve said. He also said they had been refilling ponds inside the reserve three times a week through tankers.

According to officials at the reserve, the chances of attack against the animals are high when they come out of the reserve. "They might be targeted by villagers and might also fall into accidents while crossing roads," they added.

The reserve has constructed an artificial pond near a grassland, which stretches across 40 bighas of land, so that the animals do not have to go to human settlements in search of water. Different species of deer, boar and blue bull graze in the grassland, the reserve officials said.

The reserve is home to over 300 species of wildlife and birds.The reserve occupies parts of Chitwan, Makwanpur, Parsa and Bara districts in central Nepal.