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.
AICC is preparing a film on poll campaign in New Delhi where three senior Congress leaders from Assam are set to find place.The sudden invitation came to Lakhimpur Congress candidate Ranee Narah, her Tezpur counterpart Bhupen Bora.They are apart from Congress leader and health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma who arrived in the capital on Sunday evening.The trio are expected to be back on Monday.
Amid non cooperation in poll campaign by a section of party legislators, Lakhimpur Congress candidate Ranee Narah has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday.The Union minister is believed to have been preparing to apprise the party high command of the growing dissidence against her in the run up to the Lok sabha polls.Notably, a section of party legislators have been shying away from campaigning for the Lakhimpur’s sitting MP alleging that they were not satisfied with her.Tezpur Congress candidate Bhupen Bora has also arrived in New Delhi on Sunday evening. Bora and Ranee Narah are believed to have been invited for discussion on poll prospect by the party high command.
Koliabor Congress candidate Gaurav Gogoi has dared CMSS to challenge his affidavits before the Election Commission.Gogoi’s sharp reaction came a day after the student body alleged that the chief minister’s son has not provided the real assets owned by him.Talking to reporters in Sarupathar, Gogoi said any organization is free to lodge any complaint against him.CMSS on Saturday lodged a complaint before the election commission that in his affidavit, Gogoi has not provided all particulars on his assets.
Top ranked Congress leaders are pouring in to woo the voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on March 27.Party president Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to visit the state on March 28.This would be followed by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to his second home state on March 29.
Poachers have killed yet another rhino in Kaziranga to take away its horn.The hornless carcass was found in Kohora range of the national park on Sunday morning.Forest guard spotted the carcass hours after two poachers were killed in a heavy gunbattle in the same range on Saturday evening.With this, the number of rhinos killed in poaching has gone up to 15. This week alone, the poachers have killed two rhinos in the world heritage site.
At least 15 girls from a Dibrugarh university hostel have been undergoing treatment of food poisoning after they had their lunch on Saturday evening.According to information, initially one of them fell ill and complained of stomach ache after she took lunch in the evening. Her condition is believed to have been serious even after she was shifted to the Assam Medical College Hospital.Hours after it, at least 15 girls complained of stomach ache and vomiting one after another forcing the authorities to rush them to the hospital. The reason is yet to be ascertained.
AGP steering committee failed to take any clear cut decision to withdraw the withdrawal of suspension against Padma Hazarika on Saturday.Chaired by president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, the meeting took place for several hours in the evening. But consensus eluded.The meeting, however, set up a three member panel to examine the entire issue at an earlier date.Hazarika was suspended on February 7 alleging that he refused to toe on the party line in the Rajya Sabha polls.
Its final. AGP has fielded Bijay Krishna Nath in Silchar. That too minutes after the AIUDF leader joined the regional on Saturday night.Nath, the owner of a Bangla daily joined AGO at a brief function at the party headquarters in Ambari in presence of the top leaders including president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.Notably, Nath resigned from AIUDF immediately after the party fielded Dr Pervez Ali Ahmed from Silchar.
Police have arrested three persons from a vehicle bound for Meghalaya on Saturday.According to information, the trio were arrested during a stepped up checking at the National Highway in Chayagaon in the evening.Police further seized a huge amount of Rs 12 lakh from the vehicle which came from Guwahati and was on the way to Meghalaya.
Two dreaded rhino poachers were killed at a fierce gun battle with forest guards in Kaziranga on Saturday.The encounter took place at around 6 in the evening at Aarimora forest camp in Kohora range.The poachers were believed to have been killed on the spot during the gun battle that lasted for nearly one hours.Forest guards further claimed to have recovered a rhino horn from the encounter spot.Notably, despite round the clock vigil, poachers have been striking in the national park killing over 15 rhinos during the last three months.
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