State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
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India urged to increase park security to protect rhinos
Concerned over growing incidents of poaching of rhinos, five Asian rhino range nations in a resolution asked India to take measures, including increased level of security to wildlife parks, to protect
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Rhino poaching continues unabated
With the 30{+t}{+h}rhino to be killed this year in India falling to the bullets of poachers at Kaziranga National Park, Assam, on September 17, WWF-India has on the occasion of World Rhino Day urged the
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Bring states with rhinos under one conservation plan: WWF
Expressing concern over spurt in rhino poaching in Assam, WWF-India has said that adoption of National Rhino Conservation Plan (NRCP) has become imperative for the protection of the species. "After decades of conservation success, which resulted in the population of rhinos in Assam rising to more than 2,500 at present, the spurt in poaching over the last couple of years seems to indicate that poaching syndicates are strengthening. To avoid loss of these hard-fought gains, there is an urgent need for the adoption of NRCP for India," WWF-India said on the occasion of World Rhino Day on Saturday.
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Another Kaziranga rhino killed
Barely five days after a rhino was killed on August 30, Kaziranga National Park lost another rhino to the poachers on Wednesday. The poachers killed the rhino in the Bagori forest range and decamped with
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Nepal‚ China join hands to curb wildlife crimes
KATHMANDU: The governments of Nepal and China have agreed to step up collaborative efforts in a bid to enforce a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade at the border region of the two countries in a fresh
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Centre rejects drones for Assam's national park
The central government has turned down the Assam government's proposal for aerial surveillance of the Kaziranga National Park by drones, state forest minister Rockybul Hussain said Wednesday. Hussain
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US Initiative to Combat Elephant and Rhino Poaching in Africa
Barack Obama launched a new initiative against wildlife trafficking on Monday, using his executive authority to take action against an illegal trade that is fueling rebel wars and now threatens the survival
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Five more rhino calves to be translocated to Manas
Days after the successful translocation of old rhino calf Purabi, around one year old, from Kaziranga to Manas, the Assam forest department in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is contemplating
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10 translocations have failed worldwide
Not only the translocation of lions to Chandraprabha wildlife sanctuary has failed but ten other translocations across the world have also failed, the latest one being the Indian Rhino's translocation
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Rhino calf translocated to Manas
’’We have been rescuing rhino calves at Kaziranga in various circumstances and most of them are now successfully hand raised at the CWRC. At due course of time, all these calves go back to the wilderness again’’ A female rhino calf – Purabi – on Friday was translocated to Manash National Park (MNP) from Kaziranga National Park (KNP) by the Assam Forest Department to join an orphaned rhino calf being hand–reared in MNP.