Assam: Poachers kill rhino, escape with horn in Kaziranga National Park

After a gap of more than 13 months, poachers killed a rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and took away the horn. The carcass of the rhino was found in the Agaratoli range of the park. According to the forest department, the poachers killed the rhino with AK-47. The forest department officials recovered eight empty […]

Kaziranga : Final figures of Rhino census 2018 out

The final figures of the 2018 rhino census at the Kaziranga National Park is out. According to the latest figures, the total rhino count in the world heritage site stands at 2413, a mere increase of 12 rhinos from 2401 figured out during the 2015 census. Principal chief conservator of forests NK Basu disclosed that […]