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.
Murder and mayhem refuses to die down in Kokrajhar even amid a full scale operation against the insurgents in BTAD areas.
Suspected KLO militants shot dead a businessman in Kokrajhar on Tuesday. The incident took place in the heart of the town at around 8 in the evening. Armed miscreants sprayed several rounds of bullets on a shop keeper on his way back to his home. The businessman was killed on the spot.
Policemen rushed to the spot. But by then, the militants managed to escape. This is the fifth cases of death in BTAD areas within this week.
Security forces are spreading tentacles against ULFA(I), NDFB-S and KLO apprehending subversive activities in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations.During his visit to Chirang district on Tuesday, DGP Khagen Sarma said that the combing operations have been intensified against the militant outfits operating in the state.Sarma held talks with top ranked police officials from Kokrajhar and Chirang district to take stock of the BTAD law and order situation where NDFB-S killed 8 innocent people in four different attacks within a period of 24 hours.The Centre has agreed to rush additional security forces to contain the law and order situation in BTAD.
Assam Congress poll panel on Tuesday set up a special committee to assess the political situation in the Lok Sabha seats.Presided over by APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita in presence of chief minister Tarun Gogoi and AICC observers Dr CP Joshi and Avinash Pandey, the meeting asked Pranati Phukan to assess the Jorhat and Nagaon seat, Sarat Borkotoky in Barpeta and Dr Hemoprabha Saikia in Lakhimpur. The committee members would leave for the constituencies on January 22 and 23.They would submit their findings on January 27 to help the screening body shortlist panels of candidates against each of the 14 seats.
A mammoth security arrangement is in place in the run up to the Republic Day which falls on Sunday.Security forces are on an intensified patrolling on the vital roads, bridges, oil and gas installations apprehending militant strikes on the Republic Day.Water tight security and strict vigilance is being made at the Veterinary College playground at Khanapara in Guwahati where Governor JB Patnaik would hoist the national tricolor at 9 in the morning.The entire city turns into a security fortress acting on the inputs that militants are drawing up a massive plan to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations on Sunday.Dispur police have unearthed a blueprint of a powerful explosion in the...
Major insurgent outfits operating in Assam have called for general strike on the Republic Day.In a joint statement issued to media on Tuesday, ULFA(I), NDFB((S), KLO along with other their counterparts in other entire north eastern states announced North East bandh and general strike from January 25 midnight to evening on January 26. They urged the people of the region to boycott the day.These outfits have asked the people not to attend the Republic Day functions in the public places, markets, cinema halls etc.
A rare done of good news awaits Congress party in Assam in the time of Lok Sabha polls if a pre poll survey is any indication.Lokniti-IBN National Tracker poll finds an impressive poll prospect for the ruling party just three months ahead of the general election. The survey suggests the party’s increasing vote share. If the polls take place in January the party’s vote share would go up by 47 per cent from 35 percent in 2009.BJP’s vote share is showing an increasing trend. But it is marginal. The national party’s vote share would go up to 19 per cent from 16 per cent in 2009 if the polls are held in January. AIUDF’s poll prospect seems to have taken an U turn. The opposition party’s vote...
Yet another incident of rape seems to have brought bad name for Lakhimpur.The incident took place in Boginadi again where the victim is a girl of Eighth standard. The 50 year old accused perpetrator is in police custody after he raped the minor girl in the absence of her parents on Sunday.Identified as Toseshwar Hazarika, the accused was caught by the local residents and was beaten up before being handed over to police. Investigation is going on.On the other hand, thousands of people in the entire area staged dharna in front of the Boginadi police station demanding strict action against the perpetrator.
Dispur police have arrested a dreaded ULFA militant who was camping in the city to strike in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations. A detonator was also found from his possession. Identified as Raju Haloi, the ULFA militant have made some sensational revelations of his outfit’s subversive attempts after he was caught from Rukmininagar area near the capital on Tuesday wee hours. Police have picked up an ULFA linkman from Goalpara acting on his confessional statement.
Amid intensified combing operation against NDFB-S, Assam and Meghalaya police held ten militants and linkmen from Meghalaya on Tuesday. They were picked up during an operation from Byrnihat in the neighbouring state in the wee hours. They are suspected to be NDFB-S militants and linkmen. Police interrogation is going on.
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee gears up for the Lok Sabha polls. Its poll panel will meet on Tuesday to shortlist the candidates for the general election. To be attended by AICC observer Dr CP Joshi along with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Bhubneswar kalita, the meeting will take place in the evening.The crucial meeting is expected to prepare panels of candidates out of 138 aspirants for the entire 14 Lok Sabha seats. The panels would be sent to the AICC screening body for final seal of approval from the party high command.
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