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.
After Mani Kumar Subba, Tezpur AGP candidate Joseph Toppo is ailing.The sitting MP is undergoing treatment of high blood pressure at a local nursing home in Biswanath Chariali on Thursday.Toppo, fell ill when he was holding a poll rally in Biswanath Charilai at around 1-30 in the afternoon.
State chief election officer Vijyandra has firmly ruled out possible manipulation of electronic voting machines in the Lok Sabha voting.Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Thursday, he said that the defective EVM in Jorhat was replaced after it tested wrong signal during the mock polling on Monday.The clarification came a day after APCC alleged move to deploy made it clear on Thursday that they would take every steps to ensure free and fair polls.
The election commission is gearing up efforts to ensure free and fair Lok Sabha polls in Assam beginning from April 7.Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Thursday, state chief election officer Vijyandra said that altogether 64 lakh voters will exercise their franchise at 8,500 booths in the first phase of polling.He said that of the 8,500 polling booths, 2150 have been identified as sensitive while 115 others are hypersensitive. This phase will cover Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Koliabor, Tezpur and Lakhimpur.
BJP candidate for Guwahati Bijaya Chakrabartty on Thursday filed nomination papers for the final phase of Lok Sabha polls slated for April 24.Accompanied by several senior leaders, the former Union minister filed the nomination papers before the returning officer at 12 noon. Before that BJP took out a huge process across the city with the party candidate which ended at the DC office premises.Talking to reporters, she said that BJP’s victory is imminent. These papers would be scrutinized on Friday and the candidates are free to withdraw nomination by Sunday.Elections in Guwahati along with Nagaon, Dhubri, Barpeta, Mongoldoi will take place on April 7.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday admitted that Akhil Gogoi is a disturbing factor and that the ruling party would soon move the Election Commission against KMSS which have been campaigning against Congress. Addressing a press conference In Guwahati, the chief minister called the KMSS president a big zero. He said that despite the KMSS-sponsored anti-Congress campaign, the ruling party would get 10 to 12 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Tezpur independent candidate Mani Kumar Subba is ailing. The former MP is suffering from heart attack.He is on the way to Guwahati to be admitted in the GNRC for treatment. Details are awaited.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Thursday that nobody can stop the ruling party from victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi said that the ruling party will be able to win the entire five seats in the first phase of the polls slated for April 7.This phase will cover Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Koliabor, Tezpur and Dibrugarh.
Congress leadership is all set to deal with the dissidence within the legislative body.Party president Sonia Gandhi has sent senior leader Mani Shankar Aiyer to find the facts of the dissidents where Lakhimpur candidate Ranee Narah has not received any support from a few of her legislators.Aiyer will talk to Sadiya MLA Balin Chetia and his Chabua counterpart Raju Sahu in Tinsukia on Thursday to feel their pulse.Chetia has openly announced non cooperation while Raju Sahu is avoiding Narah even in the electioneering.AICC will take the final call after getting report from Mani Shankar Aiyer who is camping in Tinsukia.
KPLT has asked the Lok Sabha poll candidates in Dihpu to clear their stand on the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.According to information, the Karbi militant outfit has sent notices to the candidates on Wednesday to promise that if elected, they would honour the Sixth Schedule in the hills district.
Its confirm. Trouble awaits Jamaluddin Ahmed. Police have asked the Congress MLA to appear before the Badarpur Police station latest by Friday.The authorities have already taken up the case with the Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi and Secretary GK Das. The Badarpur MLA received the directives a week after he threatened minister Siddik Ahmed to set on fire if the latter comes in his area to campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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