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.
A two year old child died on Wednesday two days after his father inflicted torture on him sending shockwaves across the state.Identified as Ripunjay Nath, the child died early in the morning at GNRC where he has been battling for life after his father inflicted physical on him at a coconut three amid a quarrel with his wife in Changsari in the outskirt of Guwahati.His mother is also undergoing treatment at the GNRC hospital.The incident took place when the husband clashed with his wife and inflicted torture on the two year old where an irate mob burnt down his house.A women neighbor also died when police resorted to firing to disperse the angry mob.
Two full grown rhinos seem to have been unleashing no less terror in Gohpur after they strayed out of Kaziranga on Wednesday.Villagers in Buroimukh area spotted the rhinos at a open paddy field early in the morning. Forest officials arrived in the spot after the panic stricken villagers informed the department.Efforts are on to chase away the animals.
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday is expected to hear the anticipatory bail petition of Kamal Medhi who is absconding after police registered case against in connection with the recent self immolation case.Earlier, the Court of chief judicial magistrate refused bail to the KMSS general secretary and his counsel moved the high court which agreed to hear the plea on Wednesday. Dharjya Konwar, publicity secretary, KMSS, however was granted interim bail till Wednesday while the interim bail of Amarjyoti Bezbaruah was made absolute by the Court.
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday is all set to hear the bail petition of Akhil Gogoi nearly 20 days after Dispur police arrested the KMSS president in connection with the recent self immolation case.Advocates Bijon Mahajan and Shantanu Barthakur appeared for the accused.The on March 14 deferred the bail petition hearing of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity president Akhil Gogoi till Wednes after prosecution sought
Its official. After weeks of will-it-wont-it, AICC has announced Kirip Chaliah as the candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Mongoldoi.The confirmation came from AICC on Tuesday evening much to a major relief for the former MP from Guwahati.The development took place hours after former Congress MP Madhab Rajbanshi joined the Asom Gana Parishad.Notably, Rajbanshi who is a strong Koch Rajbanshi leader was put out of the race for Congress ticket to contest from Mongoldoi constituency. Two other contenders were Pradyut Bhuyan and Pranjeet Chaudhury.
BJP leader Chandra Mohan Patowary lambasted AGP leadership for avoiding a pact between the parties to corner Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on his arrival from New Delhi, the former AGP president blamed it all on the autocratic style of functionings by the leadership during the last couple of years.“I am disappointed. This has forced me to pull out of the regional party and finally to join BJP,” said Patowary who was associated with AGP since its inception. He said that AGP’s failure to reach pact with BJP would help Congress win the polls in some pockets with flying colours.Patowary joined BJP at a recent...
AGP MLA from Sootea Padma Hazarika is likely to quit the party a month after he was suspended for refusing to toe on the party line in the Rajya Sabha polls.Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Hazarika said that his partymen have been asking him to quit AGP. “But formal decision has yet to be taken. Let them know me their decision soon,,” said Hazarika.Hazarika further said that he won’t appeal to the party leadership to forget his suspension.On the other hand, he made it plain and simple that he won’t help Joseph Toppo win in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Recently, party leadership indirectly asked Hazarika to apply for withdrawal of suspension against him.
The Morigaon district administration has ordered a magisterial probe into the death of a minor boy in police firing at Kordoibeel area on Tuesday.Deputy commissioner issued the order when local residents in large number thronged the Morigaon police station campus in protest against the firing where Biswajeet Bordoloi was killed.The incident took place when police resorted to firing to deal with a group clash at a water body in Tetelia.
In yet another setback for Congress, Joiram Engleng joined BJP on Tuesday.Englang, the Congress leader from Karbi Anglong district joined BJP after Congress refused to let him contest from Diphu constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.He joined BJP at a brief function at the party’s state unit headquarters on Tuesday where several senior leaders were present.
Thousands of people hit the streets in Tezpur on Tuesday alleging failure to arrest the Chauldhuwa culprits who mowed down 15 villagers in January end.With banners and festoons over one thousands of people representing 12 organizations took out a protest procession in the town.They further submitted a memorandum before the district administration to expedite the process to bring the Chauldhuwa culprits to book apart from clearing the compensation to the victims’ family members.
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