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.
Tezpur Congress candidate Bhupen Borah, his BJP counterpart R P Sarma filed nominations on Friday.The duo filed nominations before the returning officer flanked by their supporters in the afternoon. The duo filed nominations along with independent candidates Illius Kujur and Iqbal Ansari.On the other hand, EC observer on poll expenditure GM Kami has arrived in Tezpur on Friday.
BJP is all set to announce its candidate for Koliabor seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Talking to reporters in Lakhimpur on Friday, BJP state unit president Sarbananda Sonowal said that the party is in a process to finalise the candidate to take on Gaurav Gogoi in a day or two.But he said that the candidate would be strong enough to overpower Congress candidate Gaurav Gogoi, who happens to be the chief minister’s son.
Caught in a dilemma, Congress has yet to announce the candidate for Mongoldoi seat.The crucial seat has three top contenders and that’s why, the party’s poll panel finds it difficult to finalise it right now.According to sources, the announcement would be made in a day or two.Former MP Kirip Chaliha, Pranjeet Chaudhury, Madhab Rajbanshi are the three top contenders for the seat.
The Gauhati High Court on Friday fixed March 19 as the date of hearing of an anticipatory bail plea moved by Kamal Medhi in connection with the recent self immolation of a KMSS activist in Dispur.The court, however, granted interim bail to Dhorya Konwar and Amal Bezbaruah who have been booked by Dispur police. But their bail would be applicable till March 19.
Gauhati High Court will hear Akhil Gogoi’s bail petition on March 19.The petition moved in the court on Friday. But it fixed March 19 as the date of hearing of Gogoi’s plea who has been in judicial custody after five days of police custody in connection with the recent self immolation of a KMSS activist in Dispur.The court fixed the date of hearing last week. But the counselor applied for more time to appear on behalf of the KMSS president who was arrested in connection with the self immolation of Pranab Boro.
AGP is in a mood to withdraw suspension against Padma Hazarika. But the request should come from the Sootea MLA.Several senior party leaders openly discussed the withdrawal of suspension order against Hazarika. He was Birendra Prasad Baishya, who on Friday openly stressed withdrawal of the action.On Thursday, former party president Brindabon Goswami urged the leadership to withdraw the against the MLA.In his response, president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said that the request should come from Hazarika for the same.Hazarika was suspended in February 7 alleging that he refused to toe on the party line in the Rajya Sabha polls.
President Pranab Mukherjee and the Election Commission on Friday issued notification for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls slated for April 7.The president issued the notification calling upon the people to elect their representative in the Lok Sabha.The Commission issued the notification informing the people about the schedule for the elections.This phase include 5 constituencies in Assam namely, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Koliabor, Tezpur, Lakhimpur.Candidates for this phase of polls are now free to file nomination papers from Friday. The last date for filing of nomination is March 21.These would be scrutinized on March 22 and they would be able to withdraw the nomination papers on March 24....
AGP formally released its poll manifestos on Friday promising expulsion of immigrants, land pattas for genuine citizens.Releasing the party manifesto, president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta promised that the party will never allow the Centre to implement the Indo-Bangladesh land deal signed two years back.Most of the party candidates attended the meeting at the party office on Friday. Senior party leaders told Assam Times that the name of Dhubri candidate would be announced in a day or two.
Its official. Joseph Toppo will contest from Tezpur in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The decision was finalized on Friday a day after the sitting MP sent his resignation to the party leadership.Senior party leaders formally announced his name after Toppo arrived in the party headquarters to attend the general council meeting on Friday. The party on Thursday rejected his resignation.
BJP president Sarbananda Sonowal has kickstarted his polls campaign in Lakhimpur with an appeal to vote for the party to get rid of Congress misgovernance.The state party unit president landed in Lakhimpur for the first time on Friday after getting ticket to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Thousands of party workers greeted him as he arrived in the constituency to be taken with a huge procession in the morning.Talking to reporters, Sonowal said that BJP is confident of victory and that the people of Assam would ensure the win in the upcoming polls.Lakhimpur along with Koliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh will go to the polls on April 7.
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