Not a single one-horned rhino in Assam was poached in 2022, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. Strict vigil by armed commandos and forest personnel as well as the use of ...

A large adult rhinoceros from Kaziranga National Park has been spotted roaming across various sandbars and 'Chaporis' ...

A higher demand for its ‘aphrodisiac’ horn and a resultant price rise has made the one-horned rhino more vulnerable than before. Assam forests officials said this on Saturday after poachers ...

"We can easily say that Assam has almost two-third of the global population of one-horned rhinos. Proactive conservation efforts have helped in increasing the rhino population in the state ...

Three persons, suspected of involvement in rhino poaching within Assam's Kaziranga National Park, were arrested following a coordinated operation in Golaghat and Jorhat districts, an official said ...

The largest population of these animals is found in Assam. However, the species is extremely vulnerable to poaching due to the high value of their horns. "In some countries, rhino horns are used ...

Guwahati, Sep 22 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Sunday claimed that rhino poaching has dropped by 86 per cent since the first BJP government took charge in the state in 2016.

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A female rhino, aged about 30 years, that had been swept ashore a sandbar near Sualkuchi in Assam by flood waters on September 30, was finally tranquilised and shifted to the safety of Assam State ...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced that there was no poaching of rhinoceros in 2022 in the state. “2022 was a landmark year as no rhino died at the hands of poachers in the ...

The year 2022 will go down in history for the Northeastern state of Assam for zero poaching cases in Kaziranga setting a record. This is the first instance of zero rhino poaching since 1977.

It's home to one of the largest Indian rhino populations in Assam state. The Indian rhino, also known as the greater one-horned rhino, is a species native to the Indian subcontinent. The orphaned ...