Two wild water buffaloes translocated from the Central Zoo in Lalitpur to Chitwan National Park (CNP) have died.

A total of 15 wild buffaloes locally called 'arna' were brought to the national park from the Zoo and from the Koshi Tappu wildlife reserve five months ago.

A pair of wild buffaloes brought from the Zoo has died, Director General at the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Man Bahadur Khadka said.

The male buffalo died in a fight with another male buffalo while the female died of disease.

The park now has 13 wild water buffaloes left. The female wild buffalo died last Thursday while the male perished a week ago.

The translocation of the wild water buffaloes had taken place from January 27 to February 9 earlier this year, with the objective of increasing their population.  RSS