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On the occasion of World Rhino Day, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma holds a rhino horn before burning it, at Bokaghat parade ground in Golaghat district on Wednesday (PTI)
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma along with state minister Atul Bora hold up rhino horns before burning them on Wednesday (PTI)
Several cases of rhino poaching were reported in the years leading up to 2013 and 2014. These two years witnessed the highest number of incidents in a decade, at 27 in each year. This has since decreased to 17 in 2015, 18 in 2016, 6 each in 2017 and 2018, and 3 in 2019. (PTI)
Rhino horns were stockpiled and burned during a public ceremony in Golaghat on Wednesday. The ceremony was publicised as a “milestone towards rhino conservation” aimed at “busting myths about rhino horns”. (Twitter: @himantabiswa)
Himanta on Wednesday tweeted, “We have taken an extraordinary step of burning stockpile of 2479 horns of single-horned Rhinos, first-of-its-kind globally in volume terms, pursuing vision of Hon PM Sri @narendramodi of putting an end to poaching in Assam.” (Twitter: @himantabiswa)
This was the first time that rhino horns were publicly destroyed in this manner (Twitter: @himantabiswa)
