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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Rhino poaching continues to plague Kaziranga
MANOJ ANAND With wildlife experts proposing more stricter laws to protect animals falling under Schedule-I, another incident of rhino poaching was reported from Kaziranga National Park on Monday.
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Rhino poaching continues to plague Kaziranga
MANOJ ANAND With wildlife experts proposing more stricter laws to protect animals falling under Schedule-I, another incident of rhino poaching was reported from Kaziranga National Park on Monday.
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Manpower shortage hits Orang National Park
The only protected area north of the Brahmaputra with a viable population of Indian rhinos is yet to receive due support from the authorities concerned. Orang National Park has continued to suffer from a number of drawbacks, including a shortage of staff. Conservation groups have repeatedly called for better protection to thenational park that has seen poachers eliminate a number of rhinos.
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Myriad factors threatening Manas National Park
Probing eyes from space have revealed worrying facts about Manas National Park, including evidence that a mix of natural and anthropogenic factors is altering its landscape. The changes, experts believe, have implications for both flora and fauna, which once made it a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Rhino translocation to Manas likely from Dec
After considerable delay, another phase of the ambitious plan to translocate rhinos to Manas is likely to get under way this December. The initiative would see up to eighteen rhinos being moved from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park in a well-orchestrated exercise spread over several months.
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African and Asian rhinoceroses Status, conservation and trade
A report on the national and continental conservation status of African and Asian rhinoceros species, trade in specimens of rhinoceros, stocks of specimens of rhinoceros and stock management, incidents of illegal killing of rhinoceroses, enforcement issues, and conservation actions and management strategies, with an evaluation of their effectiveness.
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More teeth to stop poaching
That poaching is rampant in India is hardly news and it would be an understatement to say that the menace is on the rise. But a recent news about a one-horned rhinoceros being killed at the Rajiv Gandhi Orang Wildlife Sanctuary, on the northern banks of the Brahmaputra, 140 km from Guwahati, gives pause for thought. Two poachers were killed in a shootout with forest guards on October 19.
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Brick kilns could pose threat to Pobitora
Growing industrial activities, especially brick kilns, in the periphery of Pobitora wildlife sanctuary could pose a serious threat to the long
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Poachers on prowl in rhino abode
Armed with hi-tech weapons, they
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State serious about vigil after rhino deaths
After poachers were suspected to be responsible for the death of one of the rhinoceros at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in north Bengal, senior forest officials have decided to fill up the post of security guards that are lying vacant for the past few years.