When will Rhinos be safe from poachers and smugglers?
Dehorning grabs the spotlight again after the death of the last male northern white rhino.
The 45-year-old rhino named Sudan had been in poor health in recent days and was being treated for age-related issues and multiple infections.
A poacher along with six rhino horn dealers have been nabbed in separate arrests made in Assam's Nagaon and Karbi Anglong districts. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the poacher identified as Rajen Ingti, from Kahanbasti in Nagaon district on Saturday, officials said on Sunday.
Two adult Rhinos with their horns chopped off were found dead today in separate forest areas of central Assam.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
With rhino poachers creating havoc in the Kaziranga National Park, the Assam government has sent a proposal to the Union government for raising a Rhino Protection Force with more than 1,200 personnel while National Investigative Agency's help would be sought to bust the international rhino-poaching racket.
'With just 2.4 per cent of global landmass, India houses six to eight per cent of planetary biodiversity and hence is a prime target of wildlife criminals.'
Union Minister of Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar on Friday expressed anguish over the unabated poaching of the rare one-horned rhinoceros in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and the rapid shrinking of forest cover in the northeast region.
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