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.
PermalinkSubmitted by Dustin Munro on Sun, 29/03/2015 - 00:30
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.
The Asom Gana Parishad's top officials have resigned en masse.
All leaders and officials of the regional party in the central committe resigned owning moral responsibility for the party's deplorable defeats in the recent Lok Sabha polls where the party couldnot open its account.
Top leaders told Assam Times that the party would hold a huge convention soon to elect new leaders.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked chief minister Tarun Gogoi to continue when the latter sought her permissiom to quit the office on Thursday. Top AICC sources told Assam Times that Gandhi refused to read the letter after Gogoi handed over it to her. Gandhi was believed to have told Gogoi that he was required in both the party and the state. Gogoi tendered his resignation owning moral responsibility for the party's defeat in the recent Lok Sabha poll where the ruling party managed to get only 3 seats out of 14.
Finally chief minister Tarun Gogoi put in his papers when he met Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday. After holding a series of crucial meetings with Rahul Gandhi, Dr CP Joshi and Ahmed Patel, Gogoi meet the party president and tendered his resignation owning moral responsiblity for the party's defeat in the Lok Sabha. The senior Congress leaders asked Gogoi not to resign.
Congress high command is aware of the paralyzing dissident activities in the time of polls. According to top sources, senior Congress leaders are convinced of the dissident activities that paralyzed the party's poll prospects. The party high command is set to give Gogoi a free hand to firmly deal with the dissidents.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has asked Chief minister Tarun Gogoi not to quit for poll debacle. According to AICC sources, during Gandhi's telephonic conversation, he asked Gogoi that the resignation won't help the party. On the other hand, Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel and AICC general secretary Dr CP Joshi categorically asked Gogoi not to proceed with this step.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi is all set to seek Sonia Gandhi's permission to quit a week after poll debacle. But AICC sources told Assam Times that the Congress president is unlikely to accept the move. Talking to reporters on Wednesday evening at the Assam Bhawan premises he confimed his decision. Three of his trusted cabinet colleagues Pradyut Bordoloi, Rockybul Hussain, Nilomoni Sendeka and Anjan Dutta are set to call on Gandhi to urge her not to accept the move. On the other...
An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted Assam and parts of eastern region on Wednesday. The earthquake measuring 6.5 in the Rickhter scale was felt at 9.55 at night spreding panic among the people. As the quake originated on the bay of Bengal struck, a section of the people came out to the street fearing a devastating turn.
The death toll in the Dhupdhora truck-winger collision has gone up to 11. Eight people including Singer Sumanta Mahanta died on the spot. The others succumbed to their injuries after they were rushed to the hospital. The incident took place at Dhupdhora on the National Highway when the Guwahati bound winger carrying a 15 member cultural troup collided its head on a speeding truck which later managed to flee from the spot.
At least nine people were killed and five others sustained serious injury when a truck collided its head on a winger in Goalpara district on Wednesday. The tragic mishap took place at Dhupdhara at 5.30 in the morning on the National Highway where the 15 seater vehicle carrying a cultural troup from a function at Matia. Eight people include singer Sumanta Mahanta died on the spot while another succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital. The truck managed to flee from the spot. Local residents in large number came to the rescue and rushed the injured to the hospital.
Hours after Tarun Gogoi left for New Delhi to apprise Sonia Gandhi of the post poll situation, the dissident MLAs and ministers met in Dispur on Tuesday.Led by health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, 37 MLAs thronged at a dinner session in Dispur where they discussed their strategies, most probably, for leadership change.
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