From 600 to 3,000: Assam’s rhino population grows five fold as poaching drops 86% since 2016Assam has seen a five-fold increase in the population of one-horned rhinoceros from the 1960s to 2024, now hosting over 3,000 rhinos. The s...
23 Sep, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
Poaching, horn trade declining but rhinos still threatened22 Aug, 2022, 03.44 PM IST
Cape Town businessman pays $6,850 for first rhino horn NFTThe money raised from auctioning the digital replica of a rhino horn will protect real rhinos.
16 Nov, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
Extinction Watch: How African Black Rhino came back from extinctionBetween 2012 and 2018, the Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis) population across Africa has grown at a modest annual rate of 2.5% from an estima...
13 Apr, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Rhinos come to bond market, other species may followYield will depend on population growth rate of the animals
19 Jul, 2019, 10.07 AM IST
Hand-raised rhinos translocated to Manas National Park from KazirangaThe translocation was carried out by a joint team of Assam Forest department, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Tru...
23 Jan, 2019, 02.52 PM IST
UN body warns against rhino poachingManas Wildlife Sanctuary in the eastern Himalaya foothills of the country, which has been removed from the List of World Heritage.
17 May, 2015, 01.04 PM IST
- 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.
31 May, 2014, 01.49 PM IST
- Aamir may make film on rhinos
Kaziranga National Park had a special visitor on Friday.Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who is on a personal visit to the state, visited th...
09 Nov, 2013, 05.48 AM IST
India urged to increase park security to protect rhinosConcerned over growing incidents of poaching of rhinos, five Asian rhino range nations in a resolution asked India to take measures, includ...
06 Oct, 2013, 02.43 PM 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
WWF ties up with bookstore chain to save one-horn rhinosTo save the endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Assam from extinction, WWF-India has tied up with a bookstore for raising funds and increas...
31 Jul, 2013, 03.03 PM IST
Labour of love: Mainao the rhino gives birth to calfMainao, the first rhino to set foot in Manas National Park after all the one-horned pachyderms were wiped out by poachers during the height...
03 Jun, 2013, 03.42 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
Stranded rhino in Assam under expert careMore than a week after an endangered one-horned rhino strayed out of Pabitora wildlife sanctuary and took shelter in a waterbody, a team of...
06 Oct, 2012, 08.25 PM IST
Two rhinos translocated to Manas National ParkMaju and Raja, two rescued rhinos, have found a new home at Manas National Park.
10 Mar, 2012, 10.11 PM IST
- Nine arrested in anti-poaching drive in Nepal
Nine persons, including a soldier, have been arrested and security tightened in a drive to curb poaching after 11 rhinos were killed over t...
10 Jun, 2008, 03.05 PM IST