Orang (Assam) [India], June 8 (ANI): Assam Police and forest officials on Wednesday arrested three tiger poachers near Assam's Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Orang (Assam) [India], May 30 (ANI): The Assam forest department has faced a new challenge to protect one horned Rhinoceros in the state after a case of poachers using tranquillizers to remove rhino horn has come to light in Assam's Orang National Park on Monday.
Orang (Assam) [India], May 13 (ANI): The Assam forest department has faced a new challenge to protect one-horned rhinoceros in the state after a case of poachers using tranquillizers to remove rhino horn has come to light in Assam's Orang National Park.
Guwahati Mar 23 PTI Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam has registered an increase of five rhinoceros taking the total count of the animal in the protected forest to 107 a forest official said There are 50 female 30 male and 27 cub rhinoceroses in the 3881 sq km forest which is the highest density of one-horned rhinoceros A two-day census of the animal was conducted from Monday and the wildlife sanctuary was divided into nine zones with 11 numerators and nine supervisors appointed for the purpose Apart from forest officials members of rhino conservation organisations such as Aaranyak WWF Elephant Foundation and local NGOs also took part in the census A total of 102 rhinos were recorded during the 2018 census and there has been no incident of poaching reported from the wildlife sanctuary since 2014 the forest official said The rhino population in Orang National Park has also increased by 24 to 125 A three-day rhino census will be conducted in Kaziranga National Park from March 26 Once critically endangered rhinos have been upgraded as vulnerable species by IUCN from 2009 and as per the 2018 census Assam has 2652 rhinos with Kaziranga having the highest population of 2413 PTI DG ACD ACD
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Congress MP Ripun Bora on Friday urged Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to revoke the state cabinet's decision to rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park and said described the move as a "political vendetta".
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