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- Assam government to act tough on rhino poaching
Manas lost 9th rhino to poachers in 15 yearsA male rhino carcass believed to have been poached was found at the Bhuyanpara range of Manas national park, about 175km from Guwahati, on ...
Kaziranga lost 2nd rhino to poachers in two weeksKaziranga National Park, a Unesco world heritage site about 250km from here, lost its second rhino to poachers in two weeks on the first mo...
Poachers kill another rhino in KazirangaPoachers managed to kill a rhino at Assam’s Kaziranga, a world heritage site about 250km from here, on Sunday barely a week after the natio...
Bengal mulls two-way approach to stop rhino-poachingAlarmed by frequent incidents of rhino poaching in north Bengal, the West Bengal government has decided to adopt a two-pronged approach to ...
- Govt to set up rhino task force in Assam
Prakash Javadekar announced the setting up of a special rhino protection force for Assam to protect the endangered species.
- Activists raise pitch to stop rhino killings
Modi, during many of his election campaigns in the state, had retorted against the state government's alleged failure to curb poaching.
Rhinos being killed with alarming frequency in AssamThe killing of seven rhinos in the state within a span of a month-and-a-half has proved once again that poachers can still strike the one-h...
Rhino killed in Kaziranga, horn and ears taken awayThis is the 38th rhino killed by poachers so far this year in the park.
Two more rhinos killed in Orang National ParkTwo rhinos—a mother and a calf—were killed by poachers in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150 km from here, on Saturday evening. Th...
Poachers kill rhino in Orang national parkThe Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park lost the distinction of becoming the “zero-poaching” protected area in the state as the first incident...
Bring states with rhinos under one conservation plan: WWFExpressing concern over spurt in rhino poaching in Assam, WWF-India has said that adoption of National Rhino Conservation Plan (NRCP) has b...
- Centre nod to CBI probe into rhino poaching in Assam
The Centre finally acceded to the state government's demand for a CBI probe into rhino poaching cases in Assam.
- Poachers kills another rhino in Kaziranga, chop off horn
There has been no let up in rhino poaching in Assam yet.On Saturday, poachers killed another rhino at Kaziranga National Park and chopped o...
Poaching overtakes floods as major killer of rhinosAssam experienced one of the worst floods in eight years in 2012, resulting in the death of about 28 rhinos at Kaziranga National Park betw...
- Assam to get wildlife crime control bureau
The recent spurt in rhino poaching has prompted the state government to set up its own wildlife crime control bureau.
- Floods claim another Kaziranga rhino
A rhino carcass was found in the Ghorakati area of Kaziranga National Park, about 250 km from here, on Saturday.