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 …
Rhino poaching has been reported reduced in South Africa’s biggest park. South Africa’s environment minister, Edna Molewa revealed Sunday that the Poaching had reduced so far by 18 percent this year, according , Foxnews. Between March and August 458 carcasses of poached rhinos were found in Kruger National Park. Reports …
In 2015, at least 50 rhinos were killed in Zimbabwe by poachers. Zimbabwe has been using dehorning as a policy to protect its rhinos against poaching since the 1990s. Dehorning, used in conjunction with intensive paramilitary protection, can help curb poaching, conservationist says. In 2015, at least 1,338 rhinos were …
A gang of five poachers including a sharpshooter from Manipur, who were about to kill rhino at Orang National Park (ONP) in Assam, was arrested during a raid by forest officials and police on Sunday late evening. Mangaldoi wildlife divisional forest officer, Sunnydeo Choudhury said that the poachers had already …
THREE Zambians and a Namibian, the latter suspected to be a former policeman, were arrested last Friday after poaching a black rhino at the Erindi private game reserve near Omaruru. According to Alexander Steyn, who heads the Omaruru District Watch, a massive operation involving the district watch, game reserve personnel, …
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday took stock of nine baby rhinos rescued from the recent spate of floods and kept at a rehabilitation centre in the Kaziranga national park. Sonowal interacted with officials and got a briefing on the status of the baby rhinos, baby elephants and some …
The first ever Zoohackathon will convene this October 7-9 across six zoos in the US, Europe, Asia and Pacific. Organized by the US Department of State, Association of Zoos and Aquariums and World Wildlife Fund, the hackathon will address the increasingly rampant global challenge of wildlife trafficking. “The idea is …
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) sitting in Arusha has added its voice in the fight against poaching. The region has been used as a conduit for illegal game trophies for many years. But it has also contributed to the trade that has been taken over by organised crime syndicates. …
Countries opposed to Kenya's bid to have the global trade of ivory banned are spoiling for a fight ahead of the United Nation's meeting next month in South Africa. The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna …
Report says alarmingly shrinking forest land poses a threat to the animal Despite the growth in population of tigers in the country and elsewhere, a global report has warned that the big cats are still not out of the woods due to shrinking forest land which are converted into motorways …
GUWAHATI: A one-horned rhino cow and her calf were killed by poachers inside the Kaziranga National Park, said park official on Wednesday. Park officials recovered the carcasses of the female rhino and its calf on Wednesday morning from Bagori range of the park. "The horn of the female rhino was …
Over hundred rhinos, 45 tigers and 85 elephants across the country have fallen prey to poachers in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State for Environment and Forests Anil Dave said as per the reports received by his ministry, 20 tigers were poached …
Guwahati: The current wave of flood has caused extensive damage to the infrastructure in the famed Kaziranga National Park (KNP) besides claiming 310 animals including 21 rhinos and 221 hog deer since July 25 till date, according to Divisional Forest Officer Subhasis Das. Out of the 21 rhinos killed, ten …
Assam Forest Department, conservation groups fight battle to save wildlife, rescue 92 hog deer The floods in Assam have swept away at least 13 of Kaziranga National Park’s iconic rhinos. Kaziranga in Upper Assam has an estimated population of about 2,400 one-horned Great Indian Rhinoceros, but they are threatened by …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Protection of Rhinos, 26/07/2016. Rhinos are found in the State of Assam, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. The inputs given have resulted in increase in number of Rhino population in the States of Assam, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Sanctuary-wise details of rhino population …
Animals from the Kaziranga National Park+ , a World Heritage Site about 250 km from here, have started coming out in herds in search of elevated grounds as large swathe of the protected area has been inundated by the rising water of Brahmaputra. Park officials said over 70 percent of …
Guwahati: A total of 239 rhinos were killed by poachers in the last 16 years in Assam, Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said on Thursday. Replying to a query of Congress MLA Ajanta Neog during Question Hour in the Assembly, Brahma said the 239 rhinos were killed by poachers from …
As many as 102 rhinos were killed by poachers in India in the last three years (2013-16), said the government in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the day when four camps of poachers were busted in a joint operation of Assam police and special task force in the state. The maximum …
Moshi — The East African governments have been advised to formulate a common policy that would set conducive environment for curbing the rampant poaching. Mr Jim Nyamu, leader of an initiative 'March for Elephants' to fight poaching in the East African region, noted here that Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda have …
MORIGAON (Assam): As Assam continues to reel under the devastating impact of floods, the Brahmaputra river has submerged 60 per cent of the rhino habitat Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary located in Morigaon district near Guwahati. The floods have also damaged around 50 per cent infrastructure of the Sanctuary which is the …
More than 6 000 rhino have been killed in Africa over the last decade and about 25 000 remain on the continent, according to a new report. The Kruger National Park (KNP) is the eye of the storm, accounting for roughly 60% of poaching incidents over the past seven years, …
