A rhino killing attempt was thwarted by Kaziranga National Park security forces, who shot three gang members during a deadly five hour encounter.
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20 Jan 12
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asian rhino, Assam, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Kaziranga National Park, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asian rhino, Assam, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Kaziranga National Park, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, traditional Chinese medicine
18 Oct 11
The body of a female rhino from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary was reportedly found over the weekend, and unsurprisingly, her horn was missing.
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Assam, Begian Malinois, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Saving Rhinos, tracker dog, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Assam, Begian Malinois, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Saving Rhinos, tracker dog, traditional Chinese medicine
29 Aug 11
A gang of rhino killers camped on the outskirts of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park fled the scene when discovered by security forces in the Bokakhat area.
16 Jun 11
Tweet Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary hit after five years of peace. An armed gang of rhino killers used six bullets from a .303 rifle to murder a rhino last weekend in Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. The gang fired at forest guards and escaped under the cover of darkness with the rhino’s horn. A schoolteacher, Faizul Karim, [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi immigrants, China, Chinese, Faizul Karim, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Nagaland, Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, poacher, Poaching, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Public Awareness, rhino, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, schoolteacher arrested, south Asia, southern Asia, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi immigrants, China, Chinese, Faizul Karim, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Nagaland, Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, poacher, Poaching, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Public Awareness, rhino, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, schoolteacher arrested, south Asia, southern Asia, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
10 Jun 11
Tweet Rhino killers busted in the dark of night. Forest guards on patrol in West Bengal’s Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary have rooted out a gang of rhino killers who had set up camp inside the park’s core area. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Saving Rhinos LLC, which publishes news and information about the global rhino [...]
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Posted in Asian Rhinos, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, south Asia, southern Asia, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, West Bengal
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, south Asia, southern Asia, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, West Bengal
23 May 11
Tweet A tragic turn of events in Assam. Just days after authorities arrested three armed rhino poaching suspects, tragedy struck in Kaziranga National Park: A rhino was found murdered, with the horn chopped off. The rhino’s body was discovered in the Gopaljaroni area of Sonitpur district, near the Biswanathghat forest range of the park, on [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Biren Das, Biswanathghat, China, Chinese, Gopaljaroni, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Hiramon Das, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Pranab Boruah, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sona Ngaiht, Sonitpur, south Asia, southern Asia
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Biren Das, Biswanathghat, China, Chinese, Gopaljaroni, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Hiramon Das, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Pranab Boruah, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sona Ngaiht, Sonitpur, south Asia, southern Asia
12 May 11
Tweet Authorities in Assam acted quickly to prevent a tragedy. Three armed men believed to be members of a rhino poaching gang were arrested earlier this week as they attempted to sneak into Kaziranga National Park. The suspects were identified as Sona Ngaihte, Hiramon Das, and Biren Das. The arrests were made in the Bihali [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Bihali, Biren Das, Biswanathghat, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Hiramon Das, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Pranab Boruah, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sona Ngaihte, Sonitpur, south Asia, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Bihali, Biren Das, Biswanathghat, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Hiramon Das, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Pranab Boruah, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sona Ngaihte, Sonitpur, south Asia, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
14 Feb 11
Tweet Assam has been struck for the second time in 2011. After suffering for nearly 24 hours, a male rhino who sustained multiple gunshot wounds in Kaziranga National Park succumbed to his injuries. The killers chased the pachyderm out of the Agoratoli range of the Park and fired on him repeatedly with a .303 rifle, [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Dimapur, Gahpur, Gopaljaroni, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Karbi Anglong, Kaziranga National Park, Nagaland, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sonitpur, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Dimapur, Gahpur, Gopaljaroni, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Karbi Anglong, Kaziranga National Park, Nagaland, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sonitpur, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
2 Feb 11
Tweet A rhino killing expedition was thwarted in Assam. A rhino poaching gang received a taste of their own deadly medicine when one of them was killed during an exchange of gunfire with forest guards inside Orang National Park. A .303 rifle was recovered from the deceased, although the other three gang members have not [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, critically endangered species, Dharmeswar Basumatary, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Haren Daimary, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Orang National Park, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, critically endangered species, Dharmeswar Basumatary, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Haren Daimary, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Orang National Park, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
10 Jan 11
Tweet India loses its first rhino of 2011. Orang National Park is tragically the site of India’s first rhino killing of the year. A female rhino was shot in the dark of night, and it is believed that villagers assisted the killers by setting off firecrackers to cover the sound of gunshot. The rhino’s body, [...]
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Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Dimapur, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Kacharibhati, Karbi Anglong, Nagaland, Orang National Park, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Dimapur, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Kacharibhati, Karbi Anglong, Nagaland, Orang National Park, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
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