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.
Dispur police have seized the vehicle carrying Pranab Boro to Dispur for self immolation on February 24.The red coloured Nano vehicle belonging to Nagen Pegu in Six Milke areas was seized on Saturday evening.On Sunday morning it was shifted to Panbazar police station were Akhil Gogoi along with 6 other KMSS activists are being kept. A team of high level police officials is understood to have been grilling Gogoi and his associates in this connection.Towards the evening they would be produced before the court to seek them in police remand.All they were arrested from their residences on Sunday wee hours which runs into a hail of protest.
Finally police have confirmed arrest of Akhil Gogoi along with 6 other KMSS leaders.Talking to reporters in Panbazar, senior police superintendent AP Tiwary said that Gogoi was arrested in connection with a suo motto complaint by police apart from three FIRs pending against him.He said that custodial interrogation is required to unearth the truth. He would be produced before the court on Sunday evening to seek him in their remand.required for custodial investigation.
KMSS president Akhil Gogoi’s arrest runs into a hail of protest across the state.KMSS activists in large numbers have blocked roads and rails demanding immediate release of their leader who was arrested from his residence on Thursday wee hours.Reporters of escalating protest are pouring in from Karimganj, Nagaon, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji.
A high drama took place when police and para military forces arrested Akhil Gogoi from his own residence on Thursday wee hours.As a police team led by magistrate Chinmoy Sarma reached Gogoi’s rented house in Nazarapar in Chandmari, KMSS supporters in large number thronged Chandmari and tried to prevent the arrest.Police resorted to blankfiring to disperse the KMSS supporters. Gogoi who is being kept in Panbazar police station has been arrested in two non bailable cases. He is expected to be produced before the court towards the evening.
Its confirm. Akhil Gogoi has been arrested. The KMSS leader along with 6 others have been picked up from their residences in the wee hours on Sunday.They were believed to have been arrested in connection with the recent self immolation case of a KMSS activist in Dispur on February 24. All they were taken to Panbazar police station to be produced before the court towards the evening.Notably, police have three cases pending against Gogoi. Dispur police alone has two cases field against him in connection with the self immolation case. On Friday, father of Pramod Boro who died in self immolation attempt field an FIR against Gogoi in Tangla police station.
AGP is gearing up for Lok Sabha polls amid speculations that the regional party is likely to go it alone in the upcoming polls.The party is understood to have finalized the candidates for 8 seats. Dr Arun Sarma will contest from Lakhimpur while Birendra Prasad Baishya will be AGP candidate for Guwahati.Pradeep Hazarika is candidate for Jorhat while Anup Phukan will contest from Dibrugarh. The party retains Joseph Toppo in Tezpur while Pradyut Bora will contest from Nagaon. Nurul Hussian will contest from Dhubri seat.
The Golaghat district administration has banned manufacturing and packing by Golden Eagle Tea industries hours after a woman died of tea poisoning on Saturday.A woman died after she consumed a cup of tea brewing trouble for a tea company.The incident took place at Aathkhelia area in the district where identified as Pramolota Saikia, fell sick along with her husband and son after sipping tea in the morning.
Properties worth one crore were reduced to ashes when a three storied caught fire in Guwahati on Saturday.The incident took at Barowari in Ujanbazar areas where the fire is believed to have originated from the burst of a cooking gas cylinder. There was no casualty. Five fire fighters arrived the spot.But by then the fire engulfed the entire building rapidly reducing properties worth to the tune of one crore.
A woman died after she consumed a cup of tea brewing trouble for a tea company.The incident took place at Aathkhelia area in the district where identified as Pramolota Saikia, fell sick along with her husband and son after sipping tea in the morning.According to information, the trio complained of uneasiness and vomiting half an hour after consuming tea of Golden Eagle brand of Binani Group.Premolota died in the morning while husband and son are undergoing treatment in Golaghat Civil Hospital.
Racial discrimination against north east people refuses to die down in New Delhi. This time the victim is a girl from Manpur.It took place at Vijaynagar area in the capital where two youths molested and assaulted the girl in front of his brother.Police have caught one of the duo after the victim lodged a complaint in Model Town police station. Search is on for the miscreant on the run.
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