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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Flood forces animals out of Kaziranga sanctuary
Authorities in Assam have enforced speed regulations on a highway along the famed Kaziranga National Park to prevent vehicles from hitting animals fleeing the sanctuary to escape a flood, officials said here on Monday. Kaziranga is the world
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Anthrax hunt on jumbos
Five teams of the forest department today fanned out on elephant backs in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary to identify herbivores that showed signs of illness.
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Fear of anthrax stalks Jaldapara
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary is gearing up for a possible anthrax attack as a rhino calf is suspected to have died of the disease yesterday.
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According to report
Nearly extinct
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Floods threatening KNP rhino habitat
The Indian one-horned rhinoceros which is the pride of India in general and Assam in particular is facing serious threat from the annual floods.
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Status, conservation and trade in African and Asian rhinoceroses
Poachers in Africa and Asia are killing an ever increasing number of rhinos
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All eyes on Kaziranga, free run for poachers in Orang
Guwahati: With Kaziranga National Park, home to the largest number of one-horned rhinos in the world, getting maximum attention for conservation and protection, poachers have shifted focus to Orang National Park in northern Assam. As this 78.82 sq km park faces a shortage of manpower and equipment, poachers have managed to kill at least three rhinos this year.
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Poachers arrested after killing a rhino
MANGALDAI, June 21: The Orang National Park (ONP) authorities promptly swung into action following the killing of a full grown female rhino in the evening of June 20 and arrested two hard-core poachers at Jakhalabandha in Nagaon district, at a distance of about 140 km from ONP, while they were proceeding towards Dimapur, Nagaland, in a passenger bus today at about 9 am.
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SSB seize rhino horn, leopard skin and ganja
GOLAGHAT, June 18: The Bongaigaon sector of the Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) under the ministry of Home Affairs has been engaged in intensive patrolling conducted by the SSb to guard the Indo-Bhutan International border and their hard work has paid off as a huge quantity of ganja, a rhino horn and leopard skin worth lakhs of rupees were seized by them while they were conducting their routine checks, s
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Rhino count goes up at Kaziranga
The population of one-horned rhinoceros in the famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has registered a considerable increase as per the latest census carried out by the Assam Forest and Wildlife Department with the help of experts from different wildlife NGOs.