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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Bullet found in rhino body- Hunt for poachers begins in Jaldapara
Poachers, suspected to be from Assam, had shot at the male rhino that died in Jaldapara yesterday with festering wounds. A post-mortem report has confirmed the presence of a bullet in the animal
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Dudhwa Park rhinos fight for turf
With their area restricted to a 27-sq. km enclosure, their increasing number is pushing them to edge Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh): A fierce turf war is raging among rhinos in the Dudhwa National Park. With the rhino population rising to 29 with the birth of another calf in mid-September, the fight over food and territory has become intense, say concerned forest officials.
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Dual blow: Rhino, tiger found dead in Kaziranga
Guwahati: A rhino and a tiger were found dead in Kaziranga on Wednesday, barely a fortnight after the national park suffered three casualties. With the latest deaths, the tiger toll has reached 12 since November 2008 while the rhino toll has risen to six this year alone.
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Rhino, tiger carcasses found in Kaziranga
A carcass of a rhino without its horn was found at Pachim Nimali camp under Bagari Range under Kaziranga National Park today.
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Two rhinos killed in ten days
Poachers have killed two rhinos and robbed them off their precious horns in a span of ten days in Chitwan National Park (CNP), Nagarik daily reported. A male rhino was found in Temple Tiger area on September 2, while a female rhino was found in Krishnasar Community Forest of Nawalparasi on September 12. Both rhinos were without their horns.
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New arrival ushers hope for rhino population in Dudhwa
LUCKNOW: Banke has his clan growing. The dusky old rhino, now 30 plus, has seen his fourth generation set in. When his female partner Rajeshwari gave birth to a calf on Friday (September 11), a new hope dawned for the rhinos in Dudhwa.
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Poachers posing threat to Orang National Park
ORANG: Though the Forest department has initiated every possible measure to save the forest areas of the State including the sanctuaries by implementing Forest Act and forming various committees, etc., yet the problems of poachers and encroachment by the suspected Bangladeshi nationals, etc., have been posing a serious threat to the very existence of Orang National Park.
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With Kaziranga security up, poachers shift focus to Orang
With the world-famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) getting maximum attention and focus for being home to the largest stock of one-horned Indian rhinoceros, poachers are increasingly shifting attention to its poor cousin Orang National Park in northern Assam, killing as many as five rhinos in the current year.
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High-level probe ordered into rhino poaching at Orang National Park
With concerns mounting over rhinos killed by poachers in the Orang National Park, the Department of Forests has instituted a high-level inquiry into the matter.
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Kaziranga flood forces wildlife out of sanctuary
Author-ities in Assam have enforced speed regulations on a highway along the Kaziranga National Park to prevent vehicles from hitting animals fleeing the sanctuary to escape a flood, officials said Monday. Kaziranga is the world