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, [...]
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16 Jun 11
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
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
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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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, 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
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
22 Aug 10
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 [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Bihudia, Borsola, China, Dimapur, Dr. Raj Amin, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, illegal wildlife trafficking, India, Indian rhino, Karbi Anglong, Morigaon, Nagaland, Orang National Park, poacher, Poaching, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino poaching gang, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sonitpur, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, Bihudia, Borsola, China, Dimapur, Dr. Raj Amin, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, illegal wildlife trafficking, India, Indian rhino, Karbi Anglong, Morigaon, Nagaland, Orang National Park, poacher, Poaching, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino poaching gang, Rhinoceros unicornis, Saving Rhinos, Sonitpur, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam
18 May 10
Tweet Authorities in Assam have arrested seven rhino rhino poachers and confiscated a rhino horn. Seven rhino poachers – including a retired forest guard – have been arrested near Kaziranga National Park. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Saving Rhinos LLC, which publishes news and information about the global rhino crisis. Besides writing Rhino Horn [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Dimapur, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Nagaland, Poaching, Rhino Horn, rhino poaching gang, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition, Vietnam
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Assam, China, Dimapur, Greater One-Horned Rhino, India, Indian rhino, Kaziranga National Park, Nagaland, Poaching, Rhino Horn, rhino poaching gang, Rhinoceros unicornis, superstition, Vietnam
13 May 10
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 [...]
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Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, Indian rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Bangladesh, China, Dimapur, Esmond Martin, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, immigrants, India, Indian rhino, Karbi, Karbi Anglong, Nagaland, Orang National Park, pachyderm, poacher, Poaching, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Bangladesh, China, Dimapur, Esmond Martin, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, immigrants, India, Indian rhino, Karbi, Karbi Anglong, Nagaland, Orang National Park, pachyderm, poacher, Poaching, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis
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