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.
Yet another gangrape incident has made Guwahati to hang its head in shame.The incident took place in Jalukbari area where three persons gangraped a girl on Monday wee hours.According to allegations, they forced her to consume highly objectionable with food and then gangraped her one after another.Later acting on the complaint, Jalukbari police have arrested the perpetrators. The victim is undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital.
Its confirm. Rahul Gandhi will be on a visit to Assam on Thursday. During his day long visit, the AICC vice president is scheduled to hold two poll rallies.According to information, Gandhi will arrive in Tezpur at 11 in the afternoon and would address the rally in Biswanath Chariali on behalf of Congress candidate Bhupen Bora.Then he would leave for Dibrugarh. Gandhi is scheduled to hold the poll rally at 2 in the afternoon on behalf of party candidate Pawan Singh Ghatowar.
Tension seems to have been escalating in Tinsukia a day after one person was killed and ten others have been injured when a section of people clashed to security forces during an eviction drive at a forest area.The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when security forces were on a drive to evict the encroachers in the Namfai forest area in Jagun.A section of the encroachers tuned violent forcing the security forces to lob tear gas shell. As the situation went out of control, the security forces resorted to firing where one person was killed and ten others sustained injury.
The Gauhati High Court is expected to clear it judgments on four other bail petitions moved by Akhil Gogoi on Monday.The judgments are expected at any moment. Even if the court grants bail on Monday, the KMSS president would not be able to come out of the jail.He has several other cases pending against him. The court has already cleared bails in alteast seven cases. The crucial one was the self immolation case in Dispur.
KMSS on Sunday threatened the Government of dire consequences if it further files cases against Akhil Gogoi.The organization made it clear that if the government resorts to nefarious tactic to keep the KMSS president in jail till the Lok Sabha poll, the result would be a disastrous.The High Court on Monday will hear the a few bail petitions moved by Gogoi’s counsel a few days after he procured bail in a few cases.
The Election Commission has registered a case against Dhubri Congress candidate Wazed Ali Chaudhury for allegedly distributing money at a poll rally.The country’s poll panel has lodged the complaint against the Congress candidate before the additional superintendent of police for investigation.The Election Commission took the decision after it examine the video footage where the candidate himself was seen distributing money at a poll rally.
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.
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