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South Africa flies 30 white rhinos to Rwanda

November 30, 2021 6:15 pm

This was the largest single transfer of white rhinos ever undertaken. The species is threatened by illegal poaching.

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Researchers work on 'radioactive rhino horns' to curb illegal hunting

May 23, 2021 3:27 pm

If the method is proven to work, it could also be used to curb illegal trade in elephant ivory.

No selfies with animals: Why lockdown is forcing Assam Forest Dept to issue new advisories

April 04, 2020 4:23 pm

Wild animals venturing into human habitation is not a new phenomenon — at least in Assam, in which 34.21 per cent of total geographical area lies under forest cover. What has changed post lockdown is the frequency of sightings and the distance the animals cover.

Centre to fund special rhino protection force to save Kaziranga rhinos: Javadekar

September 06, 2014 4:47 pm

Special Rhino Protection Force for protecting one-horned rhinos in Kaziranga National Park to be set up.

Assam mulls pruning rhinos’ horns to curb poaching in Kaziranga

March 24, 2014 12:56 am

NGOs and groups in the field of conservation have not welcomed the government’s idea.

Save Kaziranga rhinos ‘at any cost’: HC

March 15, 2014 5:26 am

Kaziranga National Park has lost at least eight rhinos in the current year, while 41 rhinos had fallen to bullets of poachers.

The rhino man

October 07, 2012 2:16 am

Babul Chandra Deka,game-watcher at Pitbora sanctuary,is on a mission to rescue a marooned rhino on a Brahmaputra island

Assam sees rise in rhino population,now over 2,500

April 10, 2012 12:44 am

Poachers may have been on the prowl and killing a number of rhinos,especially at Kaziranga National Park in Upper Assam. However,the population of the one-horned rhinoceros has shot up in the state very encouragingly