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.
The opposition AIUDF on Monday has announced three more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The party has fielded Dr Pervez Ahmed Ali from Silchar while Viyay Tiru will contest from Koliabor. The party will contest in Tezpur with Sheikh Aziz.The party is expected to announce other candidates in a day or two. The party has so far announced nine candidates for the polls.
Properties worth one crore have been reduced to ashes when a devastating fire engulfed a lodged in Guwahati on Monday.The incident took place at 2 in the afternoon in Birubari because of a cylinder explosion. Within a short period of time, the fire ravaged the lodge along with a four wheeler. Fire tenders arrived in the spot. But by then the fire took its massive turn. The extent of loss is yet to be assessed.
Police have arrested an infamous poacher from Gohpur on Monday.Identified as Hemram Pegu, he was involved in the recent rhino poaching in the Jobora chapori inside the Kaziranga national park.He, however, is believed to have confessed that he sold the horn at Dimapur. Police interrogation is going on.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday slammed Narendra Modi alleging BJP was expert in packaging and marketing.Releasing the white paper on the central assistance to the state during the UPA and NDA governments at the Centre, Gogoi said that the state received only 13,000 crore from the centre during the NDA government at the Centre.He said that amount of central assistant during the UPA government is Rs 24,000 crore.
Pomp and gaiety continue to grip the state holi festival enters second day on Monday.Festivity seems to have given the entire state and its people a fresh look on Monday heaps of various hues of gulal and abeer are shining in the nook and corner. With Pichkaris in their hands, the boys and girls are coming out to the streets to drench each other. Holi is also called the Spring Festival - as it marks the arrival of spring.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that Congress in Assam will get more than 10 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi said that the ruling party has a huge target of 12 seats while they are confident of more than 10 seats.According to him, BJP will hardly get any seat in the polls in Assam.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that the state has been progressing only during the UPA government at the centre.Releasing the white paper on the central assistance to the state during the UPA and NDA governments at the Centre, Gogoi said that the amount of central assistant during the UPA government is much higher than the NDA government at the Centre.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday strongly lambasted BJP alleging gross injustice to Assam during the NDA government at the Centre.Releasing the white paper on the central assistance to the state during the UPA and NDA governments at the Centre, Gogoi said that Assam was lagging behind during the NDA government at the Centre.
Finally, Mani Kumar Subba will contest in Tezpur as an independent candidate.Subba, the former MP from that constituency who was denied ticket by the party told reporters in Tezpur that nobody can stop his imminent victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The lottery baron came down heavily on Bhupen Bora saying that his Congress counterpart is too young to represent the constituency.
Noted educationist and exponent of Sattriya culture Dr Jagannath Mahanta passed away after prolonged illness on Sunday.The end came at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Science, Vasant Kunj, in New Delhi at 4:40 in the afternoon where he was admitted a couple of weeks.A pall of gloom has descended in the entire Jhanji area as soon as the sad news spread like wildfires in the afternoon.Dr Mahanta, who taught Assamese in Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College in Jamuguri was known for his research works on Sattriyta culture.
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