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 …
Banajutshna, a nature organisation of Golaghat district has expressed its deep anguish over the ruthless and cold-blooded killing of the rhinos by poachers in the Kaziranga National Park. It is also equally disturbing that killings of rhinos as well as removal of its horns have become a regular feature in …
The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) will stage a Statewide protest on May 3 in protest against the spurt in rhino poaching. Reiterating that a CBI probe be initiated to get to the roots of the rhino poaching, the AASU said that Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain had proved to be …
A nine-member expert team headed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF-Wildlife) MC Malakar has started an on-the-spot visit to the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), Pabitora and Orang from today. The expert team visited Pabitora this morning and the KNP in the afternoon. It will visit Orang tomorrow. The committee …
Following the recent spurt in killing of one-horned rhinos in Orang National Park (ONP) that resulted in deaths of two rhinos on April 20 and 21, one more rhino was killed in the park on the night of April 27. Meanwhile, members of the All Darrang District Students' Union (ADDSU) …
After a lull, poachers struck again in Kaziranga National Park and killed two more rhinos, including a calf. This is the second incident of rhino poaching in the state within a week. Two rhinos were killed in the Orang National Park last week. The forest guards on Monday found the …
Three one-horned rhinoceros have been found dead in Bardiya National Park in the past two weeks, raising serious concern over the safety of the endangered animal in the protected area. A male rhinoceros was found dead in a forested part of the park on Monday by park's security guards. The …
Alipurduar: Forest officials today seized the horn of a rhinoceros and a British metal coin, dating back to 1818, from a smuggler of animal body parts. Rahul Ami was arrested from his house in Pinki Chowpathi. Kalyan Das, the Jalpaiguri divisional forest officer, said the horn may fetch at least …
Contrary to the strict vigilance and protective measures taken by the authorities of Orang National Park for the conservation of the one horned Rhino a fierce encounter took place inside the park between a group of armed poachers and forest staff on the night of April 21, while a female …
The rhinoceros population has grown in West Bengal's Gorumara National Park. The same trend is thought to have occurred in the adjoining Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, wildlife authorities say. A census earlier this month revealed that the number of rhinos in the Gorumara Park had risen by four since the last …
Bolstered by the success of translocating the first batch of one-horned rhinos to Manas National Park under the Indian Rhino Vision Plan 2020, the Assam Forest Department is now preparing for sending two more rhinos to the park. While the first two rhinos released on April 12 were males from …
"Help save rhinos,' a poster appealed. A photograph of a severely-bloodied rhino loomed out of it. We were at Jakhalbanda, a regular halt for buses taking visitors to the Kaziranga National Park. It was peak tourist season, visitors were there in droves but the atmosphere seemed tense. I did not …
it's a bad time to be a rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park. Twenty four animals have fallen to the poachers' hack since early last year. Poaching is, of course, not new to Kaziranga
The fresh census of rhino population in Chitwan National Park has shown that the number of the endangered species has increased in recent times. The 16-day-long census, which ended on Sunday, found that there are 408 rhinos in the Park. This number is up by 36 compared to the previous …
There has been a sharp increase in the number of rhinos poached in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, with as many as 18 of them being killed in the sanctuary in 2007. While seven rhinos were killed in the national park in 2005, the number fell to five in …
Additional guards have been deployed to protect the one-horned rhinos at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam where poachers have killed 23 of the animals for their horns since last year. Divisional Forest Officer Bangkim Sarma said 100 home guards armed with .303 rifles had arrived. Poachers kill the rhinos …
Not just the famed one-horned rhino, but the dense forests sheltering it are also in danger in Asom, as poaching and deforestation continues unabated. Between 2001-08, as many as 72 rhinos were poached in the State, with a staggering 18 killed in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) last year. Four rhinos …
The Manas National Park in Assam has received its fourth one-horned rhino, seven years after its approximately 100-strong population was wiped out by poachers. On February 24, the one-and-a-half-year-old female rhino was released in the Kuribeel area of the Bansbari range in the park. The four rhinos, all orphaned female, …
Besides poaching, loss of habitat, toxins cause deaths It is not just India's national animal tiger which is in danger at the hands of poachers in the country. Officials figures suggest that the future of other animals in the wild - elephants, rhinos and critically-endangered gharials - is also not …
