Jorhat : The one-horned rhino, identified as the symbol of Assam, is under the threat of poachers. About 15 rhinos have become victims to ruthless poachers in the last 9 months.
In an RTI filed by an activist, the Forest department disclosed that a total of 79 rhinos had been killed by poachers in the last 10 years. The report revealed that the number of rhinos killed by poachers this year is set to break all previous records in the history of Kaziranga.
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had forewarned the State Government and the Forest Department to be on the guard against another wave of devastating floods in Kaziranga National Park
The death of 39 rhinos in and around the world-famous Kaziranga National Park in less than 10 months has brought to the fore the threat faced by the endangered animal.
The threat comes from poachers, who kill the rare one-horned rhinoceros for its prized horn whose price in the international market varies from Rs. 40 lakh to Rs. 90 lakh, and flood which is an annual occurrence in Assam.
Guwahati: Days after Assam’s Kaziranga National Park hit the headlines following a spate in poaching of the one-horned rhinos, the Assam government has decided to rush a 100-member team of the elite Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) for the protection of the rare animal.
Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain Tuesday said a 50-member team of the AFPF had already been dispatched to the national park, which is a Unesco World Heritage site. He added that another 50 personnel of the elite force will be sent to the park within this week.
Stung by opposition parties’ criticism following deaths of one-horned rhinos in the Kaziranga National park, the Assam government on Tuesday decided to rush a 100-member team of the elite Assam For
GUWAHATI, 2 OCT: Assam Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussian today admitted that the State has lost 39 precious one-horned rhinoceroses this year.
GUWAHATI, 30 SEPT : Following directions from Union Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has arrived in Kaziranga to investigate the recent k
GUWAHATI, Sept 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the Government would set up anti-poaching camps in areas outside Kaziranga National Park, especially on the hilly stretches of the nea
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered about 70 industrial units operating inside the “no-development zone” near Kaziranga National Park in Assam to shut down. It has also imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the state for allowing the units to operate in the restricted zone.
