GUWAHATI: Kaziranga National Park (KNP) lost its fourth rhino to poachers on Thursday night, slightly a week after the brand new forest minister Parimal Suklabaidya visited the World Heritage Site and took stock of the anti-poaching drive.
Poachers killed a male rhino and took away the horn even as the forest officers retaliated with gun fires at Burapahar forest range at the western part of KNP.
Armed with automated rifles the poachers gunned down the rhino atop a highland deep throughout the park, main the KNP officers to suspect that the killers may have sneaked into the safe area at least two days ahead of taking pictures the rhino.
“The spot where the rhino used to be killed isn't an easy accessible position where poachers can simply sneak in and kill. We suspect that the poachers may have trailed the rhino to that spot after a recce. Otherwise, it shouldn't have been imaginable for the poachers to take the chance of going as much as the highland deep throughout the park and kill the rhino,” a KNP legitimate stated.
The legitimate stated that spot where the rhino used to be killed is a part of a hilly terrain, and poachers in most cases do not take the chance of mountain climbing as much as the highland to avoid the chance of being surrounded simply through forest guards.
Pre-monsoon shower has trigged thick enlargement of plants, offering simple duvet for poachers. KNP officers stated that the poachers have come from the adjacent Karbi Anglong area, a hilly district at the southern edge of the Park where animals from Kaziranga take refuge during high flood.
Spread over 860 sq.km at the southern banks of Brahmaputra, Kaziranga is home to an estimate 2,413 rhinos--- global’s two-third one-horned rhinoceros inhabitants.
Six rhinos have been poached for their horns final year in Kaziranga. At least 16 rhinos have been poached in 2016.
KNP has been bearing the brunt of poaching with the cost of rhino horn soaring within the world grey market. China and Vietnam are primary customers of rhino horns where it is used in conventional drugs.
On his first visit to Kazirànga National Park (KNP) after taking the price of forest minister in a recent cabinet reshuffle, Parimal Suklabaidya final Sunday underscored the need to make stronger coordination between forest officers and police to curb rhino poaching within the World Heritage Site, 250 KM from here. End
Poachers killed a male rhino and took away the horn even as the forest officers retaliated with gun fires at Burapahar forest range at the western part of KNP.
Armed with automated rifles the poachers gunned down the rhino atop a highland deep throughout the park, main the KNP officers to suspect that the killers may have sneaked into the safe area at least two days ahead of taking pictures the rhino.
“The spot where the rhino used to be killed isn't an easy accessible position where poachers can simply sneak in and kill. We suspect that the poachers may have trailed the rhino to that spot after a recce. Otherwise, it shouldn't have been imaginable for the poachers to take the chance of going as much as the highland deep throughout the park and kill the rhino,” a KNP legitimate stated.
The legitimate stated that spot where the rhino used to be killed is a part of a hilly terrain, and poachers in most cases do not take the chance of mountain climbing as much as the highland to avoid the chance of being surrounded simply through forest guards.
Pre-monsoon shower has trigged thick enlargement of plants, offering simple duvet for poachers. KNP officers stated that the poachers have come from the adjacent Karbi Anglong area, a hilly district at the southern edge of the Park where animals from Kaziranga take refuge during high flood.
Spread over 860 sq.km at the southern banks of Brahmaputra, Kaziranga is home to an estimate 2,413 rhinos--- global’s two-third one-horned rhinoceros inhabitants.
Six rhinos have been poached for their horns final year in Kaziranga. At least 16 rhinos have been poached in 2016.
KNP has been bearing the brunt of poaching with the cost of rhino horn soaring within the world grey market. China and Vietnam are primary customers of rhino horns where it is used in conventional drugs.
On his first visit to Kazirànga National Park (KNP) after taking the price of forest minister in a recent cabinet reshuffle, Parimal Suklabaidya final Sunday underscored the need to make stronger coordination between forest officers and police to curb rhino poaching within the World Heritage Site, 250 KM from here. End
Poachers kill fourth rhino in Kaziranga National Park
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