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Authorities have arrested six rhino poachers near Assam’s Orang National Park.
Four rhino poachers were arrested Saturday as they were plotting to kill rhinos in Assam’s Orang National Park. Thanks to a tip, authorities raided a house in Bihudia village, which is located near the edge of the park.
On Sunday, two more poachers were arrested. [...]
Listen to a one-hour discussion of the illegal rhino horn trade on The WildLife with Laurel Neme.
Recently, I had the exciting opportunity to be a guest on “The WildLife”, a radio talk show hosted by Dr. Laurel Neme. We discussed the illegal trade in rhino horn and the fact that because rhino horn has no [...]
Forest guards in Orang National Park shot and killed two rhino poachers.
In a midnight gun battle that reportedly lasted half an hour, forest guards in Assam’s Orang National Park managed to shoot and kill two rhino poachers.
Forest officials acted on intelligence reports indicating that a four-member gang had entered the park to kill a rhino, [...]
Three people were arrested in West Bengal when they attempted to sell a rhino horn to undercover officers.
A rhino horn was recovered and three people were arrested in Siliguri, West Bengal, when they attempted to sell the horn to undercover police officers posing as rhino horn buyers.
The trio was identified as Mani Kumar Tamang and [...]
Assam’s elite National Security Guard is providing combat training to boost forest guards’ ability to protect rhinos.
Assam is turning up the heat on rhino poachers by having 250 forest guards trained in commando operations by the elite National Security Guard (NSG).
Assam’s war on rhino poaching took another tragic turn last weekend.
A brave forest guard in Orang National Park has made the ultimate sacrifice: The body of Hassan Ali was found by his team after gunshots were heard in the early morning hours.
Hassan had been shot twice in the stomach at point blank range. Four people [...]
If you would like to add your supportive voice to Assam’s decision to publicly burn its rhino horn stockpile, here’s what you can do.
Assam is planning to publicly burn its stockpile of 1,571 rhino horns in order to let would-be rhino poachers and rhino horn consumers know that rhino horn has no monetary or medicinal [...]
Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, one of the world’s leading authorities on rhinos and elephants, lends her voice to the public burning of rhino horn stockpiles in Assam.
With kind permission from wildlife advocate and conservationist Azam Siddiqui, we present an excerpt from Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick’s message to Assam wildlife authorities.
