Rhino Succumbs to Bullet Wounds After Attack in India’s Kaziranga National Park

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, [...]

10 Jan 11

Rhino Gunned Down in Orang National Park, India

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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22 Aug 10

Six Rhino Poachers Arrested Over the Weekend in Assam

Tweet 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 [...]

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11 Jun 10

Public Burning of Rhino Horn Stockpiles Moves Forward in Assam

Tweet The public burning of Assam’s rhino horn stockpiles could occur sooner rather than later. Earlier this year, Assam wildlife authorities hatched a bold plan for some old-school activism: The public burning of the state’s 1,571 stockpiled rhino horns. And the latest from Assam is that the radical event could be taking place by month’s [...]

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13 May 10

India’s Rhino Poaching Gangs: A Closer Look

Tweet Assam’s rhinos remain under threat by poaching gangs who recruit impoverished locals and prey on precious pachyderms. Poaching gangs targeting the greater one-horned rhinos of Kaziranga and Orang National Parks are the scourge of Assam’s conservation efforts – but who are these murderers and where do they come from? Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder [...]