Field observer checks transect map before embarking on the day's rhino count.
© Sumanth Kuduvalli / Felis Creations / WWF
Field observer equipment lined up ready for early morning collection (including GPS and smart phones).
© Sumanth Kuduvalli / Felis Creations / WWF
Chitwan National Park, one of the four protected areas where rhino count took place.
© Sumanth Kuduvalli / Felis Creations / WWF
30 elephants and mahouts arrive at dawn rendezvous site to pick up field observers and locate position in count transect line ('the line').
© Sumanth Kuduvalli / Felis Creations / WWF
Field observer spots and records one-horned rhino.
© Sumanth Kuduvalli / Felis Creations / WWF
One-horned rhino mother and calf.
© Sumanth Kuduvalli / Felis Creations / WWF
Field observer checks rhino recording papers before embarking on day's rhino count.
© Sumanth Kuduvalli / Felis Creations / WWF