Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
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 …
Guwahati: The Orang national park, also known as mini Kaziranga, has lost its first rhino to poachers. The carcass of the rhino bearing bullet injuries was recovered on Thursday. The poachers have also taken away the horn. "The rhino perhaps was killed three days back. Our staff had heard a …
GUWAHATI: Assam's Orang national park, a postcard-size protected area about 150 km from here, has been declared as the tiger reserve, taking a step forward in long term big cat conservation in Assam. The state government though its February 24 notification has given the final approval for according Orang national …
The Prabhakar Barua Rhino Conservation Trust is seeking nominations for the Rhino Conservation Awards for 2015, a press release stated. The awards will be presented in September to coincide with the 100th birth anniversary of late Prabhakar Barua who was the first Assamese Chief Conservator of Forests of undivided Assam …
Two rhinos—a mother and a calf—were killed by poachers in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150 km from here, on Saturday evening. The poachers chopped off the horn of one of the animals. Forest officials said that the poachers gunned down the rhinos at the Hajar Bigha area after …
The Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park lost the distinction of becoming the "zero-poaching" protected area in the state as the first incident of rhino poaching was reported this year on Saturday night. A male rhino was killed by poachers who also chopped off its horn at Nichlabari area in Sonitpur …
Assam’s smallest national park, the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park spread over 78.81 square km, has recorded an impressive increase in its big cat population, with 24 Royal Bengal Tigers found to roar in the protected area. The latest census figure indicates an increase of 17 tigers in the park …
Census finds 24 big cats in Assam’s smallest national park, beating Corbett Orang has recorded the highest Royal Bengal tiger population ever with 24 tigers being found during the census carried out this year at the smallest national park in the state. The figure was made available exclusively to The …
GUWAHATI: The authorities of Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150 km from here, said a highly toxic insecticide called "organophosphorous" was used in killing three tigers in February this year. The carcasses of the animals were found on the banks of the Panchnoi river inside the park on February …
Scores of tourists from England and Japan along with domestic tourists visited Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a 'world heritage site' and the famous abode of one-horned rhinoceros, yesterday as the park was thrown open for tourists. The current tourist season will last in Assam till March 31. Another tiny rhino …
Guwahati: As the picturesque World Heritage Site at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown open for tourists for the season on Thursday scores of tourists from England and Japan along with several groups of domestic tourists visited the ‘world heritage site’ known as abode of one-horned rhinoceros. The tourists season …
Jorhat, May 20: A forest guard, Ananta Dev Sarma, in-charge of the Pichhla anti-poaching camp in Orang National park, was suspended today for alleged dereliction of duty after an adult female rhino was killed by poachers last night and its horn and tail taken away. A park official said there …
Rapid expansion of settlements inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park that shelters wide ranging wildlife and flora – many endemic to it – is pushing this unique natural habitat to the brink. Abysmal manpower shortage is further aggravating the situation at Dibru Saikhowa, which is now caught in a grim battle for …
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, …
MANGALDAI, Nov 22 – The Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Darrang district, considered to be the only natural habitat for the one-horned rhino on the North bank of the Brahmaputra, is soon going to be the highest tiger density forest in India. According to a latest tiger status report …
Guwahati, July 3: The Northeast has finally got a voice in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the apex body of tiger conservation in the country. Firoz Ahmed, a wildlife biologist with Aaranyak who has carried out camera trapping in wildlife parks of Assam, has been inducted as a member …
Brahmaputra devours anti-poaching camps The changing course of the Brahmaputra and rampant erosion that have gobbled up large swathes of land is threatening Orang National Park. The river has swallowed at least two anti-poaching camps in recent years.
In the face of the threat posed by encroachment in Orang National Park by illegal Bangladeshi migrants, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramen Deka has urged the Centre to prevail on Assam Government to increase the manpower for patrolling and security. Tabling a notice under Rule 377 in the Lok …
There is strong resentment among the nature lovers of Darrang district and the Orang area in Udalguri district over the recent spurt in the incidents of suspected killing of animals within the Orang National Park in Darrang district. It may be mentioned that close on the heels of the killing …
