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 lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
A set of motion-sensitive cameras fitted with automatic sensors that was part of the ongoing tiger census inside the Kaziranga National Park recorded two poachers early this morning, once again bringing to light the vulnerability of the one-horned rhinoceros there. “While our forest guards heard two gun-shots in the early …
MANGALDAI, March 18 – Much to the delight of nature lovers in the State, the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Darrang district recorded a total of 100 rhinos in a census conducted by the State Forest department on March 15. The figure, informed SK Dyla, DFO, Mangaldai Wildlife Division, …
Jorhat, March 14: The forest department has shelved the plan to use kunkis (trained elephants) to chase three rhinos back to Kaziranga National Park from Jorhat following objections from Kaziranga authorities. The national park authorities fear that such a move might make the rhinos aggressive and lead to human casualties, …
Guwahati, March 11: Assam forest authorities are optimistic that they will be able to have a rhino population of 3,000 in the state by 2020. For Indian Rhino Vision 2020 to meet its goal of 3,000 rhinos, Assam’s rhino population will have to increase by about 80 animals over the …
A grand procession of trained elephants will trail a rhino family in Jorhat all for the noble cause of herding the wayward trio back to the safety of Kaziranga National Park. The forest department has hit upon the plan to use kunkis (trained elephants) to chase the animals, which had …
The Manas National Park in Assam on Monday received four rhinos, in the first translocation from Kaziranga, which has the largest population of one-horned rhinos in the world. Three females and a male — translocated under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 programme — were released in Manas around 7 a.m. …
Around 3.30pm today, a convoy of four trucks left Kaziranga National Park taking two one-horned female rhinos with their calves to an alien land far away from Kaziranga, considered the home of this endangered species. The four animals were translocated from Kaziranga to Manas National Park today as part of …
Gorillas, cockatoos and frogs are among a list of threatened species to benefit from a $3.3 million aid award, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said yesterday. The conservation fund Save Our Species (SOS), set up by the IUCN, the World Bank and others, has announced to allocate …
KOLKATA: Rhino census in West Bengal will begin from March 12, forest minister Hiten Barman said. "Authorities concerned have already been asked to take appropriate steps in this regard," he said here. Besides, there could be an amendment to the Bird Conservation Act to save winged species, he said. To …
The habitat of the endangered Great Asian one-horned rhino in North Bengal has been hit hard by fund crunch. Insufficient allocations from the Centre have affected the two existing homes of the rhinos at Jaldapara and Gorumara. Even the fate of the much-hyped third proposed habitat at Patlakhawa Forests near …
Various organisations have protested the government’s decision to construct a 30-km road stretching from Thori in Parasi to Triveni in Nawalparasi via the Chitwan National Park (CNP). The Department of Roads, under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, is planning to construct the postal road through the CNP. Nepal …
The number of elephants in two wildlife sanctuaries in Tanzania has fallen by nearly 42 percent in just three years, a census showed on Tuesday, as poachers increasingly killed the animals for their tusks. The census at the Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park revealed elephant numbers had plunged …
The number of rhinos poached in South Africa has risen sharply this year with more than 400 killed, the South African National Parks said on Tuesday. The parks body said 405 rhinos had been killed for their horns so far in 2011 -- 229 in the giant Kruger National Park …
The reported crash of wildlife populations in the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya is the most well-publicised example of a crisis that’s unfolding throughout East Africa. The region's 'Big Five' species and other wildlife are currently facing their most serious crisis in modern times. Significant populations of elephants, lions, rhinoceros …
GUWAHATI: The Taiwan government on Wednesday donated an amount of USD 11,000 to two wildlife conservation organisations of Assam, working in the field of one-horned rhino conservation. Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre, New Delhi, Ambassador Wenchyi Ong made the donations on behalf of the Forestry Bureau, Council …
GUWAHATI, Nov 30 – In furtherance of the growing bilateral ties between the North-East and Taiwan in the sphere of conservation, the Ambassador of Taiwan, Wen Chyi Ong, today handed over a cheque of $ 6,000 to Aaranyak, a conservation organisation of the North-East as part of a collaborative endeavour …
Guwahati: As the autumn has set the stage for the winter to rule the atmosphere in the picturesque North East India’s hills and valleys, enchanting destinations in the region are ready to welcome visitors in the coming tourists’ season. While the rhino abode in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown …
More rhinos have been killed in South Africa in the past 10 months than were killed in all of 2010, new poaching numbers reveal. Statistics from South Africa National Parks show that 341 animals have been lost to poaching so far in 2011, compared to a record total of 333 …
GUWAHATI: State Zoo and Botanical Garden has decided to carry out the conservation breeding of the five endangered species Rhino, Golden Languer, Golden Cat, Sherrow and Grey Peacock Pheasant in the zoo. In conservation breeding, animals are left to breed in human controlled environments with restricted settings such as wildlife …
