Assam celebrates World Rhino Day

Along with the rest of the world, World Rhino Day is being observed in different parts of Assam on September 22. An awareness programme was organised at Kaziranga National Park, the land of one-horned Rhino to mark the occasion. On the eve of the World Rhino Day 2020, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal through his Twitter […]

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 […]

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary becomes the densest habitat of one-horned rhino

The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam scripted one of the world’s biggest conservation success stories on Sunday, becoming the densest habitat of the exotic one-horned rhinoceros with a count of 102 rhinos within an area of 38 square kilometers. During the last count in 2012, the number of rhinos at the Sanctuary, 55 km east of […]