Rhino

Assam's rhino population grows fivefold as poaching drops 86% since 2016

Kaziranga National Park houses 80 per cent of India's rhino population, while Orang National Park holds 4 per cent, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary 3 per cent, and Manas National Park 1 per cent

Rhinos return to Assam's Laokhowa-Burachapori sanctuaries after 40 years

Rhinos have returned to Laokhowa and Burachapori wildlife sanctuaries of Assam, 40 years after the population of pachyderms in the area was wiped out due to poaching, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. These protected areas had also witnessed human encroachment over the years, which was cleared by the authorities last year, a forest official said. "Happy to share that after 40 years our iconic Rhinos have returned to Laokhowa and Burachapori. They have returned within 1 year of our successful anti-encroachment operation in the region," Sarma wrote on X. A total of 51.7 sq km of forest cover has been retrieved through eviction drives in 2023, he said on Friday. Kaziranga National Park (KNP) Director Sonali Ghosh said two rhinos have been spotted in the Laokhowa-Burachapori wildlife sanctuaries, which are part of 'Greater Kaziranga', after almost a gap of 40 years. She said the Laokhowa-Burachapori forest in Nagaon district had a population of 45-50 rhinos till 1983. "They we

Assam: 3 arrested for rhino horn smuggling near Kaziranga on Thursday

Poachers chopped off the horn without killing a sub-adult rhino in the national park

Rhino poaching bid in Kaziranga foiled, 4 arrested in Assam's Biswanath

The Crime Investigation Range of the Forest department in Assam's Biswanath district and police arrested poachers who were planning kill a one horned rhino in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve

First wildlife bond issued by World Bank to save Africa's black rhino

The World Bank said it has priced the world's first wildlife bond, raising $150 million that will be partly used for the conservation of black rhinos in South Africa

Yogi Adityanath inspects Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan zoo in UP's Gorakhpur

District Magistrate Vijay Kiran Anand, Chief Forest Conservator, Gorakhpur division, Bheemsen along with other officials were also present at the occasion

Poachers kill rhino in Kaziranga in British royals' presence

The incident took place while British royal couple was spending a second night at the Difflo River lodge, adjacent to national park