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
30 Aug 11
Just days after authorities managed to disrupt a gang of rhino killers camped near Kaziranga National Park, a female rhino was found dead with her horn missing.
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Posted in Asian Rhinos, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Burhapahar, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Burhapahar, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, 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.
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
13 Dec 10
Tweet The good news: Forest guards killed two rhino poachers. The bad news: The poachers were in possession of a fresh rhino horn. Forest guards in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park managed to shoot and kill two rhino poachers during a gun battle inside the Agaratoli range of the Park. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of [...]
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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 Agaratoli, Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Orang National Park, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino poaching in India, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
Tagged Agaratoli, Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Orang National Park, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino poaching in India, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine
26 Nov 10
Tweet Rhino poachers have responded to pressure from the local community. Villagers living on the edges of Kaziranga National Park took rhino poaching matters into their own hands last week and issued a stern ultimatum to the killers: Turn yourselves in or your families will be ostracized. And it appears to have worked, as ten [...]
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, Dimapur, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, India rhino poaching, India rhino poaching gangs, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Manipur, Nagaland, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, rhino poachers surrender, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Dimapur, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, India rhino poaching, India rhino poaching gangs, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Manipur, Nagaland, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, rhino poachers surrender, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
29 Oct 10
Tweet A rhino was brutally slain in Assam. A female greater one-horned rhino has been found murdered with her horn hacked out in Kaziranga National Park. The tragedy occurred just three days before the Park is scheduled to open after the monsoon season. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Saving Rhinos LLC, which publishes news [...]
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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, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
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