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Zero Rhino poaching in Kaziranga: Here's how it was achieved
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Zero rhinos were poached in Kaziranga National Park in Assam for the first time in 45 years.
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PM Modi lauds rhino conservation efforts by people of Assam after zero poa
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Sharing a tweet by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Prime Minister tweeted, "This is great news! Compliments to the people of Assam, who have shown the way and been proactive in their efforts to protect the rhinos."
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Rhinos dispersed across South, Central Asia via Tibet: Study
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
According to a study published in the journal "Communications Biology," the giant rhino, Paraceratherium, was dispersed across South and Central Asia via the Tibetan Plateau.
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Assam reports zero rhino poaching in 2022; check figures of past 2 decades
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Poaching of Rhinos was rampant in the past, which has now come down due to stringent surveillance and other elevated security arrangements being put in by the authorities.
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5 one-horned rhinos stray out of Kaziranga National Park, create panic amo
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At least five one-horned rhinos strayed out of Kaziranga National Park and created panic among local villagers in Assam's river island district Majuli on Wednesday.
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Assam: Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve reopens for tourists
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Kaziranga (Assam) [India], October 2 (ANI): The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve under the jurisdiction of Eastern Assam Wildlife Division were opened on Sunday for the 2022-23 season tourists.
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Assam: Major poaching racket busted in Kaziranga, 2 poachers arrested
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Kaziranga (Assam) [India], September 23 (ANI): The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve authority recently busted a major poaching racket involving local people who used arms in an attempt to poach rhinos in the national park just at a time when the World Rhino Day was observed.
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Assam: 3 nabbed for rhino horn smuggling near Kaziranga
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Golaghat (Assam) [India], August 19 (ANI): Forest officials in Assam caught three persons for their alleged involvement in the illegal rhino horn trade in Golaghat district on Thursday.
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Rhino poaching bid in Kaziranga foiled, 4 arrested in Assam's Biswanath
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Biswanath (Assam) [India], August 2 (ANI): The Crime Investigation Range of the Forest department in Assam's Biswanath district and police arrested a gang of poachers who were planning kill a one horned rhino in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
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Namibia tightens security at Etosha National Park as poachers continue to
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Windhoek [Namibia], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Namibia's Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta on Monday said the country has moved to make security adjustments to close any loopholes in flagship Etosha National Park, to ensure that poaching incidences do not occur again.
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Assam: 3 tiger poachers arrested near Orang National Park
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Orang (Assam) [India], June 8 (ANI): Assam Police and forest officials on Wednesday arrested three tiger poachers near Assam's Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve.
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Assam: Two arrested for smuggling rhino horn
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Jorhat (Assam) [India], June 6 (ANI): Police arrested two smugglers and recovered a rhino horn weighing about 1.158 kg from their possession in the Titabor area of Assam's Jorhat district.
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