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 …
Rhinos, one of world's most endangered animals, are being farmed on Chinese wildlife reserves to harvest their horns for medicinal purposes, a report by international conservation monitors has claimed. The monitors have found that China has imported 141 live white rhinos from South Africa since 2000, far more than is …
The Assam government on Thursday tied up with the Border Security Force (BSF) for providing manpower and intelligence assistance in protecting rhinos and tigers in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park which has witnessed incidents of poaching in the past few days.
John Vidal Structure originally intended to save endangered black rhino succeeds in protecting forest and river sources. After just over two decades, 402 km and $9m later, the last post on one of the longest fences ever built in Africa has been hammered in. The electrified barrier, which rings the …
Alipurduar, Feb. 25: A rhino census with 60 teams using the direct sighting method began at Gorumara National Park this morning. The teams have been told to note down the time and location of the rhinos spotted. Of the 19 kunkis (pet elephants) deployed for the census, eight have been …
Siliguri, Feb. 17: The forest department will for the first time conduct a bison census in Gorumara National Park and Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary later this month.
A rhino was killed KAZIRANGA: A rhino was killed by poachers in the world famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in upper Assam's Golaghat district on Thursday, making it the fourth such incident in the past month, forest officials said. The poachers could not take the horn as the foresters arrived …
A rhino was killed by poachers today in the world famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in upper Assam's Golaghat district, making it the fourth such incident in the state in the past one month, forest officials said. Park foresters heard gunshots around 6 am in the Agratoli Range and immediately …
GUWAHATI: A rhinoceros carcass with its horn removed was found at the Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday, wildlife officials said. The carcass of the male rhino was found near Mandi Chapori in the Agratoli range of the Park. Poachers
As part of its initiative under the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), India has chalked out an 11-point goal to achieve the 2010 bio-diversity targets. Protection of world-famous one-horned rhino is set out as one of the goals. Addressing a press conference, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest …
Two one-horned rhinos were killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Park, taking the number of the endangered species killed this year at the world heritage site in Assam to 14, Forest officials said today. The carcasses of two rhinos, a full grown male and a female, with their horns missing …
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. The park sources said that the carcass of a rhino, an endangered species, was recovered from Agratoli range of national park. Park …
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. The park sources said that the carcass of a rhino, an endangered species, was recovered from Agratoli range of national park. 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 …
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. Comparative analysis of satellite …
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 …
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.
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 …
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. Mr SB Mondal, principal chief conservator …
