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.
Barring Mongoldoi, Congress has announced all candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.AICC spokesman Modhusudan Mishtry announced two more names at a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday afternoon.The ruling party has fielded Jonjunali Baruah in Nagaon while Wazed Ali Chaudhury will contest from Dhubri.The AICC election committee is yet to clear the candidate for Mongoldoi seat.The party earlier has announced the names of ten candidates.
RAJU BARUAH FROM TEZPURAll of a sudden trouble seems to have brewed in Tezpur AIUDF.The Sonitpur AIUDF makes it plain and simple that they are all prepared to resign in rank and file if the party leadership fields Sheikh Saddique in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The preparedness has been intimated to the party president Badaruddin Ajmal who in Guwahati told reporters on Thursday that the party is considering a winnable candidate from Tezpur.Significantly, the party officials in Tezpur have nothing to go against Mani Kumar Subba who is ready to be the candidate with AIUDF ticket.
In a major setback for AGP, Joseph Toppo pulled out of the regional party.The sitting MP from Tezpur sent his resignation letter to the party leadership in Guwahati alleging that the party is not in a mood to field him for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Notably, the party is considering the name of Brindabon Goswami in lieu of the sitting MP.
Senior AGP leader Brindabon on Thursday refuses to contest from Tezpur alleging utter disappointment of Joseph Toppo who is a strong contender in the race for ticket.Goswami has asked the party leadership to field Toppo from Tezpur and to bring Padma Hazarika back to the party.Notably, the party is considering the name of Brindabon Goswami in lieu of the sitting MP.
A brainstorming AGP session on Thursday is believed to have finalized the second land last list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the state. Several senior party leaders attended the meeting chaired by president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta.The party is expected to announce the final list of the candidates on Friday.
Barring Silchar, Tezpur and Koliabor, AIUDF has announced the first list of candidates on Thursday.Party president Badaruddin Ajmal will contest from Dhubri while Gopinath Das will contest from Guwahati.In Korimganj, the party has fielded Radheshyam Biswas while it has allowed Aditya Langthasa to contest from Nagaon.AIUDF candidate from Barpeta this time will be Chirajuddin Ajmal while Mamud Imdadul will contest from Lakhimpur.
Normal life comes to a grinding halt in some parts of the state on Thursday following the AAKRSU-sponsored Assam Bandh demanding separate Kamatapur.The bandh meets total response in the Koch Rajbanshi dominated areas in Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Morigaon and Darrang districts.Roads remained deserted, schools and colleges, shops and markets remained closed under the impact of the bandh that came into force from early in the morning.
Congress election committee is holding a crucial meeting in New Delhi to clear the candidates for the remaining Lok Sabha seats across the country.These include Nagaon, Barpeta, Mongoldoi and Dhubri. The party is expected to announce the list towards the evening.The ruling party has already announced the candidates for 9 seats last week.
Over 300 KMSS activists were courted arrest in Guwahati on Friday when they staged dharna demanding immediate arrest of Chief minister and revenue minister in connection with the recent self immolation case.When over 100 KMSS activists started staging dharna at Digholipukhuri in the morning policemen forcibly took them to the Panbazar police station premises.Hours after it over 200 protesters arrived in the spot and started the dharna afresh. Then security forces sprang upon them and took them away to the police station.Talking to Assam Times, the protestors who have been camping in Guwahati said that they want Akhil Gogoi to be released immediately.Apart from demanding chief minister Tarun...
A bus conductor was killed when a gang of dacoits unleashed a reign of terror at five super buses in Dhubri district on Thursday.The incident took place at Bogoribari in Dhubri in the wee hours where a gang of dacoits halted five West Bengal bound passenger buses at gun point. Then they started looting the passengers.Then they vanished from the spot after blankfiring to unleash terror among the passengers.Grievously injured passenger Khakon Dey was shifted to the hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
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