Another rhino killed, horn chopped off

Barely five days after a female rhino was killed in Kaziranga National Park, an adult male rhino was killed by poachers in the park's Bagori forest range on Sunday.

JORHAT: Barely five days after a female rhino was killed in Kaziranga National Park, an adult male rhino was killed by poachers in the park's Bagori forest range on Sunday. Poachers shot dead the rhino and chopped off its horn before forest guards arrived at the spot.

With this, the number of rhino deaths in Kaziranga had mounted to 11 this year so far. "We have found a carcass of an adult male rhino from Bagori forest range of the park this morning (Sunday). The rhino was an adult male one and its horn was missing," a park official said.

He added, "We heard some gunshots from the forest side at around 4am today. On hearing the shots, a group of foresters went out it in search of poachers. But they couldn't find anyone then. However, at around 9am, we found a carcass of a rhino and an axe was also recovered from the spot. The rhino sustained bullet injuries."

Preliminary investigations suggest the rhino was shot dead by poachers on Saturday night. The carcass has been sent for an autopsy, he said. On Tuesday last, forest guards had found the carcass of an adult female rhino from Bagori forest range in the park. The rhino was killed by poachers and its horn was chopped off.

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