Tweet Wildlife authorities in Assam have made a radical decision to grab the rhino poaching crisis by the horns. Assam wildlife authorities have joined together to give the international community a taste of old-school activism: The public burning of 1,500 stockpiled rhino horns. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Saving Rhinos LLC, which publishes news [...]
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22 Feb 10
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Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Aaranyak, Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, rhino horn myth, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition
Tagged Aaranyak, Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Rhino Horn, rhino horn myth, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition
26 Dec 09
Tweet Two greater one-horned rhinos were found murdered with their horns missing inside India’s Kaziranga National Park – and authorities believe it was the work of poachers posing as park visitors. Forest guards covering the Agartoli range of Kaziranga National Park have discovered the bodies of a male and female rhino – both with their [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asian rhino, Assam, Chinese, CITES, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, IUCN, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition
Tagged Asian rhino, Assam, Chinese, CITES, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, IUCN, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition
12 Oct 09
Tweet Despite ongoing efforts to protect Kaziranga’s precious wildlife, poachers have managed to kill a rhino and a tiger inside the park. Kaziranga park officials were dismayed to discover the carcass of a female rhino with her horn chopped out. She was found in the park’s Bagori range, near the western part of the Dimoli [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, Chinese tiger farms, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition, tiger poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, Chinese tiger farms, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition, tiger poaching
19 Sep 09
Tweet Wildlife officials in India’s Kaziranga National Park discover grass laced with poisoned salt – the latest attempt by poachers to kill rhinos. Unfortunately, five cattle have died after consuming grass laced with poison salt hear the edge of Kaziranga National Park. The deaths happened in the Baghmari area near the Burapaha range – and [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, poison salt, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, poison salt, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition
2 Sep 09
Tweet Forest guards in India’s Kaziranga National Park might be closer to getting the weapons – and permissions – they need to fight poachers. New Delhi has been asked by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) to step up anti-poaching efforts in Kaziranga National Park, where a greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) was recently killed. According [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros unicornis
31 Jul 09
Tweet Endangered Greater One-Horned Rhinos become extra vulnerable when the waters of the Brahmaputra River flood Kaziranga National Park. The annual deluge forces the rhinos to move toward higher ground near highways, where they are easily located and killed by poachers. This year, wildlife officials have already posted forest guards at vulnerable areas along Kaziranga’s [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Chinese, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, superstition
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Chinese, critically endangered species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, superstition
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