Poaching, horn trade declining but rhinos still threatened22 Aug, 2022, 03.44 PM IST
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
Assam: Verification underway of 2,500 rhino horns seized from poachersPrincipal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), Amit Sahai disclosed that verification of rhino horns stored in Kamrup, Barpeta and Morig...
26 Aug, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
Extinction watch: Rhinoceros, hunted for its hornAccording to International Union for Conservation of Nature, Black rhinos, Sumatran rhinos and Javan rhinos are “critically endangered”. Th...
20 Feb, 2020, 11.16 PM IST
Government to take steps to stop poaching of one-horned rhinoEM Prakash Javadekar today said he will hold a meeting in Assam shortly to evolve a strategy to deal with poaching of one-horned Rhino.
13 Aug, 2014, 01.59 PM IST
- Another rhino killed at Kaziranga
Poachers killed another one-horned rhino and chopped off its horn in Kaziranga national park on Sunday.
19 May, 2014, 03.02 AM IST
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...
17 Feb, 2014, 08.09 AM 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
- 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...
18 Feb, 2013, 05.03 AM IST
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...
04 Feb, 2013, 03.28 AM IST
Rhino poacher, 6 horn traders held in KazirangaA rhino poacher and six traders dealing with horns of the hunted herbivore in Kaziranga National Park were arrested from Assam's Nagaon and...
13 Oct, 2012, 11.13 PM IST
Steps to protect animals in Kaziranga during floodsAs flood waters of the mighty Brahmaputra continue to rise alarmingly, authorities in the Kaziranga National Park have taken steps to prote...
26 Jun, 2012, 05.42 PM 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
- No more lonely nights for one-horned male rhino at Sipahejala
The one-horned male rhino ambling its way through the greens of Sipahejala Zoo in Tripura will at last get a female company, courtesy an an...
29 Jun, 2010, 10.21 AM IST
Rhinos falling prey to greedAs the value of rhinoceros horn spirals in the clandestine international market, so has the price on the rhino’s head. This year alone, poa...
04 May, 2008, 04.33 AM IST
- 19 rhinos killed in Kaziranga in 13 months
One more rhino has been shot by poachers in Kaziranga National Park of Assam, taking the toll of the endangered animal killed in the park i...
11 Jan, 2008, 04.45 PM IST