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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Police arrest three with rhino horn
Gangtok: A rhino horn, valued at about Rs 20 lakh, was recovered from three persons at Siliguri in West Bengal, forest department sources said on Tuesday. Police arrested the trio from Siliguri on June 27 after they showed the rhino horn to the cops, who posed as buyers and agreed to pay Rs 5 lakh for the same, the sources said.
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4 rhino poachers killed in gunfight in Kaziranga
Four poachers were killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam today, three days after seven poachers were arrested on the fringe of the sanctuary, officials said. A wildlife warden said a group of six poachers entered the park early today and fired at an adult rhino near the Mihimukh range, although they failed to hit the target.
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7 poachers caught in Assam
In a major break through on Tuesday the wildlife rangers arrested seven poachers, including two former forest guards and recovered a rhino horn near Kaziranga National Park a Unesco recognised world heritage centre of Assam. The poachers were arrested on Tuesday when they were in the process of selling a rhino horn to an international animal organ smuggling syndicate.
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7 held for poaching
KOHORA, May 18
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Rains affecting rhino translocation programme
First it was official incompetence, now it is the weather. The already delayed rhino translocation programme could be further affected by frequent rains in the areas where the animals are located and their proposed destination in Manas National Park.
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Security beefed up in KNP
JORHAT, May 11: With the brutal killing of a female rhino at the Bahbeel area under Agoratoli range in the Kaziranga National Park, security has been beefed up in the national park.
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Orang National Park not getting enough visitors
MANGALDOI, May 9
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The Kaziranga National Park: Dynamics of social and political history
<p>Almost after a century of experimenting, Kaziranga National Park is now a well-known example of the success of wildlife conservation. Conservationists have no hesitation in ascribing the success of this story to the careful application of the science of wildlife conservation. A large section of the Assamese middle class would like to associate the institution as organic to their success story.
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13 rhinos killed in KNP last year
Facts not available in the public domain have revealed significant information about rhino slaughter in and around Kaziranga National Park, where 13 of the highly protected species met gruesome end last year alone.