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.
Akhil Gogoi said that he along with his associates were the victims of conspiracy by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.Talking to reporters after he was produced before the sessions court on Thursday, the KMSS president said that they were jailed to ensure the poll victory of his son Gaurav Gogoi who is contesting from Koiliabor.The sessions court in Guwahati remanded Gogoi to judicial custody in connection with a case registered at the Khetri police station. But the court asked the authorities to rush him to GMCH to ensure good treatment of back ache.
KMSS will go all out against Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. This was what Akhil Gogoi told reporters as the KMSS president was brought to produce before the Kamrup sessions court on Thursday.Minutes after Gogoi was taken out of the court, Gogoi appealed to the people to defeat Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. He said that they will fight only to dethorn Tarun Gogoi. The court remanded Gogoi to judicial custody and asked the authorities to rush him to the GMCH to ensure medical treatment of back ache.
A sessions court in Guwahati remanded Akhil Gogoi to judicial custody after the KMSS president was produced before it in connection with a case registered at the Khetri police station.The court, however, asked the authorities to ensure best medical treatment for Gogoi at GMCH who has been suffering from back pain for the last couple of days.Several KMSS activists were detained by police as they staged dharna in front of the session court premises demanding immediate release of the KMSS president.
Tezpur Congress candidate Bhupen Bora on Thursday dared NDFB-S to bid farewell to arms as the people in large number defied their bandh call in Tezpur.Talking to reporters in Biswanath Chariali, Bora said that defying the 12 bandh call, the Congress workers are pouring in to attend Rahul Gandhi’s poll rally.“The rally is going to a huge one. Party workers are pouring in. Let NDFB-S lay down arms as people are defying the bandh call,” said Bora.The 12 hour bandh call seems to have evoked mixed response on Thursday. Barring some tiny pockets or the Bodo dominated areas, the bandh has hardly any impact in the entire district.
Security forces seem to have stepped up offensive against KPLT militants in Karbi Anglong district a day after a minor boy sustained injury in the cross fire at Howraghat.According to information, during a combing operation army and CRPF jawans arrested three militants of the Karbi outfit from Mantilla area in the wee hours. Apart from the trio, security forces have captured a KPLT linkman from the area. A minor boy sustained serious injury at an incident of cross fire between KPLT militants and security forces in Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday.
In a huge respite for KMSS, Hareswar Kalita and Nurul Ali have come out of the Guwahati Central jail on Thursday a day after the Guwahati High Court granted bail to both of them.Both Kalita and Ali procured bail on Wednesday nearly a month after police arrested them from their residence in connection with the sensational self immolation case in Dispur.
Guwahati police are all set to produce Akhil Gogoi before the CJM court on Thursday.According to information, the KMSS president would be produced before the court in the afternoon after the expiry of 14 days custody in the connection with three cases.Tight security is in place at the Kamrup CJM court where KMSS activists are set to stage dharna on Gogoi’s way to the court.
A 12 hour Sonitpur bandh seems to have evoked hardly any response in the district on Monday.Shops and markets, schools and colleges, banks and offices are running as usual in the entire district even after NDFB-S-sponsored bandh call from 5 in the morning to 5 in the evening.Security forces are fanning across the district to thwart any move by NDFB-S militants to disrupt Gandhi’s poll rally to campaign for Tezpur party candidate Bhupen Bora.Security forces are guarding the vital roads and bridges where hundreds of buses are carrying people to a rally at the Kamala Kanta Khetra in Biswanath Chariali where the Congress vice president will campaign on behalf of Bora at 1-30 in the afternoon.
Amid a massive security arrangement, people thronging in thousands in Biswanath Chariali to attend Rahul Gandhi’s rally on Monday.Security forces are fanning across the district to thwart any move by NDFB-S militants to disrupt Gandhi’s poll rally to campaign for Tezpur party candidate Bhupen Bora.Senior party leaders told Assam Times that security forces are guarding hundreds of buses deployed by the party to ferry people to the rally at the Kamala Kanta Khetra.Gandhi is scheduled to arrive in Tezpur at 11 in the morning. Then he would straightly leave for Biswanath Charilai to hold the rally. He would fly to Dibrugarh at 1-30 in the afternoon. Massive...
Brisk preparations have reached its final stage to hold two huge poll rallies by Rahul Rahul Gandhi Monday.The AICC vice president will land at the Dibrugarh airport at 1 in the afternoon. Then he would straightly leave for the rally where he would campaign on behalf of union minister Paban Singh Ghatowar.The election in this Dibrugah seat is slated for April 7 along with Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Koliabor, Tezpur.
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