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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4 rhinos released in Manas
GUWAHATI, Jan 18
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Straying rhino takes on Orang park ranger
A ranger at Orang National Park, Salim Ahmed, was injured when he was attacked by a rhino at Islampur, about 7km from the park, at 2pm today. The rhino had strayed out of the park two days back and crossed the Brahmaputra to areas in Nagaon and Morigaon districts
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Stray rhino attacks girl
Jorhat, Dec 3: Songita Munda (7), daughter of Shiva Munda, was injured when a rhino attacked her at Bogoriguri in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) this morning while she was playing near her house. The rhino had strayed away from KNP and had entered the residential area near Karbi Hills. The injured girl has been admitted to a private nursing home in Jorhat.
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Field handbook for Assam rhinos - Second phase of translocation from Pobitora to Manas starts today
Rhino experts are drafting a field handbook based on Assam conditions to help carry out translocation more efficiently and smoothly as experts start converging for the second phase of shifting of the animals from Pobitora wildlife sanctuary to Manas. The translocation will be done over the next three days from tomorrow.
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Two poachers killed in Kaziranga
JORHAT, Dec 13: Two poachers were killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in the State on Monday after a gang entered the area and killed a rhino, an official said.
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Hearing on rhino horns
Guwahati, Nov. 28: The Assam forest department will organise a public hearing before burning the rhino horns lying in state forest treasuries, to ensure full transparency in the disposal process. The public hearing will be held on December 14 on the Assam Forest School campus at Jalukbari here. The principal chief conservator of forests, V.K.
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A horny headache
The rhinoceros is under threat yet againCONTRARY to widespread belief in China and South-East Asia, the rhinoceros horn has no proven medicinal or aphrodisiac qualities. Its effect, some scientists say, is the same as chewing your fingernails. It is made of the same stuff, agglutinated hair. Yet rhino horn is currently worth more than gold, selling for up to $60,000 a kilo.
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Sariskas first relocated tiger dies mysteriously
Another Male Reported Missing For Past 15 Days Jaipur/Sariska:The first tiger airlifted to Sariska from Ranthambore National Park in June 2008 was found dead under mysterious circumstances late on Sunday. The male tiger, three-and-a-half years old, was among the five big cats shifted to Sariska in a bid to re-establish their population there.
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Winds of change: KNP poachers turn protectors
KOHORA, Oct 21
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Eco development committees for Orang
KALAIGAON, Oct 6