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Before you plan a wildlife nature vacation, check the list of 6 national parks closing from JulyPlanning a jungle safari this season requires careful attention to park closures. Many of India's popular wildlife destinations, including ...
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...
African Parks' bold move to save rhinos: Rewilding the world's largest rhino farmAfrican Parks, a conservation charity, has acquired the largest private collection of rhinos in the world, the Platinum Rhino farm, with pl...
Visit Kaziranga: Assam CM invites Leonardo DiCaprio after actor praises state's effortsAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has extended a warm invitation to Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit Kaziranga National Pa...
Poaching, horn trade declining but rhinos still threatened
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...
Rhinos come to bond market, other species may followYield will depend on population growth rate of the animals
China's move to lift ban from rhino, tiger parts rings alarm bells in West Bengal, AssamThough officially, the trade is to remain controlled and the products must come from animals in captivity, “We are deeply concerned,” said ...
Oldest rhino at Dudhwa Park dies
Rhino population up in Kaziranga National Park despite poachingThe population of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park increased by 72, even as 54 pachyderms were poached at the park since 2013.
- Assam may ‘trim’ rhino horns to curb poaching
The Assam government has sought opinion from the people on trimming rhino horns to save them from poachers.
Environmentalists oppose Assam govt's move to dehorn rhinoThe Assam government's move to explore trimming of horns to save rhinos from poaching was opposed by an environmental activist body.
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...
- New family members for Dudhwa park rhinos soon
Banke and its extended clan of 30 other rhinos at the Dudhwa national park will meet a new set of counterparts from Assam soon as the decks...
- 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...
- Rise in Kaziranga rhino count despite poaching
Kaziranga National Park’s rhino population has risen by 39 in the 11 months till March 2013 despite growing number of poaching cases.
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.
- Dudhwa officials deny reports of 'missing' rhinos, says 34 present in sanctuary
After conducting a two-day long search operation for 'missing' rhinos in Dudhwa National Park, the forest department officers denied that t...
Wildlife management hits a low in Assam in 2012Assam, famed for its national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, faced one of its worst years in wildlife management as it lost an estimated 8...
Kaziranga loses 39 rhinos in 10 monthsThe rhino population at Kaziranga National Park has taken a serious hit because of the two waves of floods and a spurt in poaching activiti...