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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5 rhinos go missing from Dudhwa
Lucknow: At least five rhinos have gone missing from the Dudhwa national park. Though the forest department officers are tightlipped about the incident, wildlife enthusiasts have voiced concern over their disappearance. “Frantic search is on for the rhinos, missing for the past four days. The area has been cordoned off,” said a Dudhwa official. When TOI tried to contact Dudhwa director Shailesh Prasad, he hung up. His deputy, too, could not be reached for a comment on the development all through the day.
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Poachers make 2012 a deadly year for Africa's rhinos, elephants
Africa's biggest animals were poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory from Asia driving the slaughter of rhinos and elephants. By mid-December, poachers had killed
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African and Asian Rhinoceroses: status, conservation and trade
Escalating levels of poaching and illegal trade in rhino horns are seriously undermining rhino conservation efforts, putting the survival of these species at risk, according to this new report by IUCN and TRAFFIC that examines the conservation status and trade in African and Asian rhino species.
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Interpretation and implementation of the Convention - species trade and conservation: Rhinoceroses
Illegal trade in rhinoceros horn continues to be one of the most structured criminal activities currently faced by CITES. There are clear indications that organized criminal groups are involved in rhinoceros
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Wildlife management hits a low in Assam in 2012
Assam, famed for its national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, faced one of its worst years in wildlife management as it lost an estimated 800 animals, including one-horned rhinos, during 2012. Among the positives in the wildlife sector was a healthy population of Royal Bengal Tiger in Kaziranga National Park with 114 animals captured by the camera trapping method.
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Poachers make 2012 a deadly year for Africa's rhinos, elephants
Africa's biggest animals were poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory from Asia driving the slaughter of rhinos and elephants. By mid-December, poachers had killed
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Threatened one-horned rhinos regaining paradise!
The century-old one-horned Asiatic rhino habitat in Terai Arc is turning into rehabilitation zone for the threatened species. Enthused by the success of the first phase of the Rhino Reintroduction Programme
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Enumeration of wild elephants in Assam
Enumeration of wild elephants has been carried out in the State like the enumeration of rhinos and tigers. But enumeration of wild elephants is different from that of rhinos and tigers. Rhinos or tigers
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Indian-origin girl in SA gets award for rhino conservation
A seven-year-old Indian-origin girl has won a prestigious a wildlife conservation award in South Africa for writing a letter to President Jacob Zuma asking for his assistance in saving endangered rhinos.
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1,008 rhino deaths in Assam in 10 years
Assam has lost as many as 1,008 one-horned rhinos since 2002 till December 14, 2012. Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanti Natrajan on Tuesday informed the Parliament that the rhinoceroses were either killed by poachers or died of natural causes. The incidents of poaching took place inspite of the fact that New Delhi provides a huge financial assistance to the Assam Government for the preservation and protection of the one-horned rhinos.