Floods major rhino killer in Kaziranga
Guwahati: After poachers, floods have turned out to be a major killer of one-horned rhinos at the famed Kaziranga National Park, a world heritage site located on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra in Assam. Altogether 168 rhinos have died due to floods between 1974 and 2007. During the period, 385 rhinos were gunned down by poachers in the park, while 210 pachyderms fell to pit poaching.