Despite being riddled by unstoppable poaching incidents, the KazirangaNational Park gets a rare dose of good news.
There has been considerable increase in the rhino population in the world heritage site. During the last two years the rhino population figure has gone up to 2,400 which suggests increase of 71 one horn animal.
The park authorities released the figure n Saturday after the end of the two days census operation.
The figure was on expected line as the authorities earlier hoped that it figure be encouraging.
“We began the census operation on Thursday which concluded on Friday. It is an exercise by the authorities which is conducted after a gap of three years,” KNP officials told Assam Times.
In 2012, the national park had 2290 rhinos. The repeated incidents of poaching forced the state government to conduct a special census which also suggested rise in the rhino population. The figure stood at 2,329.
According to the census figure, Kaziranga has 1,651 adult rhinos along with 294 sub adults 251 and 205 calves.
The authorities divided the park into 81 blocks to conduct the two days census deploying 36 elephants involving over 200 forest officials, guards and NGO representatives.
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There are sustainable ways to use elephants,rhinos,and other large mammals to make money without killing them and/or destroying their habitat.GOOGLE this title for a solution being used(by a "paper" company) for the Asian Elephant and Indian Rhino-How to save rhinos? By turning their dung into paper. A possible solution I figured out is:The Real Large Mammal Medicine And Food-Cash CowsIt is not elephant tusks or rhino horn that have medicinal properties or miracle cures.However,there may actually be a real medicine as well as food source from rhinos and elephants and many other large herbivorous mammals in Africa like hippos,eland,cape buffalo,manatees and dugons-without killing them or destroying their habitat!It is their milk! One example was shown in “Durrell In Russia”about people in Russia raising eland for the milk and saying it was good for fighting diseases(I think the examples of diseases were yellow fever and tuberculoses).Therefore the milk from all mammals that are large enough to produce large amounts of milk should be milked for investigation of medicinal qualities like possible malaria immunity and help fight other tropical diseases that the animals in those areas are exposed to and are deadly to people.Of course the milk would probably be great for food products too and help make those animals benefit from high demand.Large herbivorous mammals in Asia could also benefit from high demand too by milking them for use for food products and medicinal properties.Some examples of food products made from and/or using milk are cheese,chocolate,cream,ice cream,mayonaise,butter et.The animals could be captured as mother and it’s young,milk the mother,then release them after milking.That should only be done with mothers that have young that are already eating solid food to avoid the young from not getting enough milk.That would not only make the animals “Cash Cows”without killing them,but also greatly encourage people to breed whatever animals they would be milking for the probable high price of wildlife milk to replace the high price of rhino horn and elephant tusk.Of course the milk used for food products should be tested for toxic plant residue since some animals may eat plants that are toxic to people.
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Foundation for Social Transformation (FST) going to organise 7th conversation on "Urban Lifestyle and Its Impact On Climate Change" on October 22 at its office in Guwahati.
The event will bring together students academicians/youth /working professionals and public in general across Northeast under one roof to share, discuss, communicate and learn from each other on the issues relating to climate change and its consequences and solution.
Date: October 22, 2019 (Tuesday),
Venue: Foundation for Social Transformation office premises from 3 pm onwards.
RSVP:
FST
House No 1, J N Borooah Lane
Jorpukhuri, Guwahati-781001
Ph No: 9435553373
PTI Dhubri District Correspondent Om Prakash Todi passed away on Thursday evening at 7.30 pm in Dhubri.
He had gone for news coverage at 3 pm, complained about chest pain at 4 pm.
He was taken for ECG at around 5 pm and then passed away at 7.30 pm, according to his son Ravindra Todi who is also a Journalist.
Todi had contributed news to PTI for over 25 years and was the senior most district correspondent of the news agency.
He was in his early 70s when he passed away.
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Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi administered him the oath of office at a solemn function in presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal held at Darbur Hall in Raj Bhavan.
The Governor administered him the oath of office under article 219 of the Constitution of India.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by judges of Gauhati HC, members from legal fraternity, Chief Secretary, Govt.of Assam Alok Kumar, DGP Kuladhar Saikia and other senior officials of the state govt.
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Total 72 teams, each consists of two nos. of child-scientist from different schools of the Kamrup Metro District presented their project reports at the district congress.
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The contest is open to all undergraduate and post-graduate students in Kamrup district, Assam carrying six prizes consisting of Rs. 5,000 (first prize), Rs. 3,000 (second prize), and Rs. 1,800 (third prize) as well as three consolation prizes of Rs.1,000 each.
The last date of the entry is 15 October -2019....
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Driving without licence – Rs. 5,000
Racing and trials of speed – Rs. 5,000
Violating air and noise pollution – Rs. 10,000
Driver or passenger without seat belt – Rs. 1,000
Carrying children below 14 years without safety belt/child restraint system – Rs. 1,000
Riding more than two persons in two wheelers – Rs. 1,000
Riding without helmets by both driver and pillion – Rs. 1,000
Not providing way for emergency vehicles (Fire Service or Ambulance) – Rs. 10,000
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Earlier,invoking the...
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