Assam destroys over 2,400 rhino horns to bust medicinal mythOn World Rhino Day on Wednesday, Assam set on fire a large stockpile of over 2,400 rhino horns, which were extracted from naturally or acci...
23 Sep, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
Assam consigns rhino horn hoard to flames to highlight they have no medicinal valueIndian laws as well as international conventions forbids sale of body parts, whether of humans and animals, both by individuals and governm...
22 Sep, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
‘We are savages’: Rohit Sharma heartbroken over the killing of pregnant elephant in Kerala, says no animal deserves crueltyRohit Sharma had batted for safety of elephants in 2014, in association with PETA.
04 Jun, 2020, 03.04 PM IST
Zoo rhino treatment gets Rhino Resource Centre recognitionThe 'hands free wound treatment' method developed by veterinarians of Kanpur zoo has got international accreditation by Rhino Resource Cent...
12 Aug, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
- Rhino dead at Kaziranga National Park, two poachers killed
A rhino died after falling in a pit at the Kaziranga National Park.
27 Feb, 2014, 01.03 PM IST
Kaziranga National Park loses another rhinoIt's just the beginning of the year and Kaziranga National Park has already lost two rhinos, with the latest one being killed on Friday.
18 Jan, 2014, 12.45 AM IST
Kaziranga rhino killed again, horn chopped offKaziranga, a World Heritage Site, has been experiencing a spurt in rhino deaths over the last one year.
03 Nov, 2013, 01.21 AM IST
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...
22 Sep, 2013, 04.04 AM IST
Another Kaziranga rhino killedBarely five days after a rhino was killed on August 30, Kaziranga National Park lost another rhino to the poachers on Wednesday.
05 Sep, 2013, 05.42 AM IST
- Rise in Kaziranga rhino count despite poaching
Amid death, there is new life at Kaziranga National Park. At the end of a two-day rhino population census at the Unesco World Heritage Site...
27 Mar, 2013, 10.24 AM IST
Rhino census in Kaziranga amid rampant poachingMore than 250 personnel from the state forest department, NGOs and media groups have been engaged in the operation.
25 Mar, 2013, 10.49 AM IST
How a myth is killing the rhinoWidely-entrenched beliefs about the miraculous properties of the rhino horn are leading to the animal’s massacre even though studies show t...
04 Mar, 2013, 01.16 AM IST
- Another rhino killed by poachers in Kaziranga, 7th this month
Another rhino was killed by poachers at Kaziranga National Park in Assam today with the toll rising to seven at the Unesco World Heritage s...
02 Feb, 2013, 12.49 PM IST
- Poachers take advantage of floods, kill two rhinos in Kaziranga
Poachers killed two rhinos and chopped off their horns as they had strayed out of flood-hit Assam’s Kaziranga National Park to escape flood...
27 Sep, 2012, 03.13 AM IST
- South African demand for legal trade in rhino horns leaves India jittery
The surge of poaching of rhinoceros in South Africa could lead to threats to the one-horned Indian rhino in faraway Assam and West Bengal i...
16 May, 2012, 01.47 AM IST
34 elephants, 200 staff to conduct rhino census in Kaziranga National ParkAs many as 34 elephants and 200 personnel will be involved in the tenth rhino census inside the world famous Kaziranga National Park in upp...
07 Apr, 2012, 03.16 PM IST
Rhino found dead in KazirangaA full grown rhinocerous, with its horn removed, was found dead in the world-famed Kaziranga National Park.
30 May, 2009, 06.56 PM IST