State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
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Various bodies stage stir against unabated killing of rhinos
Activists of All Assam Students Union (Aasu), Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP), Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), All Assam Journalist Union (Aaju) and Bokakhat Press Club on Monday gheraoed
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China leads successful wildlife crime crackdown
Over 200 wildlife product trafficking cases were cracked and more than 100 criminal suspects apprehended in a multinational crackdown, China's wildlife watchdog said Sunday. China led the operation
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Rhino Poaching continues to rock Kaziranga
Suspected poachers killed yet again a rhino in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday and axed off its horn, which has taken the death toll of rhinos in past 47 days in Assam to 10. The park authorities, who seem to have been groping in dark about the nexus of poachers, said that forest guards spotted a bullet-ridden body of a male mature rhino near Kawoimari forest camp in Bagori range of the park on Sunday morning.
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Guards with WW II rifles lose fight against poachers
What are the odds of survival of a forest guard armed with a bolt-action rifle of WWII vintage while facing a poacher armed with an HK MP5 submachine gun? By the time he cocks his rifle and takes aim, his opponent would have shot him 100 times. This probably explains why the rhino and its defenders are unsafe in Assam. In less than two months, eight rhinos have been killed in the state, four of them in a just a week. Last year, the count was 21. Often pulled up for their ineptitude, the foresters face insurmountable odds. An officer in Assam says they have been battling poachers with.315 bore and 12 bore guns and 7.62mm 2A1 bolt-action rifles (erroneously referred to as .303). These weapons are good to scare off wild animals, but are useless against poachers with AK rifles.
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WWF plans to use drones to protect wildlife
The green group says by the end of the year it will have deployed 'eyes in the sky' in one country in Africa or Asia Conservation group WWF has announced plans to deploy surveillance drones to aid its
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WWF plans to use drones to protect wildlife
The green group says by the end of the year it will have deployed 'eyes in the sky' in one country in Africa or Asia Conservation group WWF plans to deploy surveillance drones to aid its efforts to
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Forests in Indonesia, Malaysia threatened by growing palm oil demand
Indonesia and Malaysia are witnessing almost a third of forest loss in the last 10 years due to the expansion of oil palm. New Delhi, Feb. 4: Growing demand for palm oil in India is threatening wildlife
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Vietnam's demand for horns puts Assam rhinos at risk
Soaring demand for rhino horns in Vietnam is posing a threat to the long-term conservation of one-horned rhinos in the state. This year alone, eight rhinos, including one in Manas National Park, have been
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CM for CBI probe into rhino poaching
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the State Government was seeking a CBI probe into the recent spurt in rhino poaching, especially in Kaziranga National Park. “We are calling for a CBI probe
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Poaching overtakes floods as major killer of rhinos
Rhino poaching has assumed menacing proportions in Assam, with the number of one-horned pachyderms poached in recent months almost equalling the number of rhinos killed in the devastating floods that hit