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 senior ULFA leader belonging to the Paresh Baruah faction is learnt to have met punishment for his alleged involvement in a financial scam.According to sources, the ULFA (I) leader is believed to be Partha Pratim Gogoi who has been partially looking after the finance side for the last couple of years.Gogoi, the self styled eastern area commander was killed by the organization a few days back. There is no details of the scam that rocked the banned insurgent outfit.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday rallied behind Rahul Gandhi two days after the Congress Vice president announced his preparedness to shoulder any responsibility.Talking to reporters in Dispur, the chief minister said that it was his desire to see the youth icon as the country’s prime minister.
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Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said that he would welcome Paresh Baruah if ULFA((I) comes forward to contest in the polls.Talking to reporters on Wednesday in Dispur, Gogoi said that he would be happy if the outfit along with the Akhil Gogoi—led KMSS and Aam Admi Party join the election process.
Two local youths were killed in Nagaon district when a speeding truck rammed in to their scooter on Tuesday.The tragic mishap took place on the national highway in Bebejia when the scooter in which the youths were riding on from the market.The duo died on the spot. An irate mob then came to the street and set on fire the truck after the driver managed to escape.
In a bizarre incident that sends shockwaves across the state, a Class X student from Guwahati was burnt alive in Morigaon on Monday.The incident took place in Morigaon where a school boy was burnt to death at a bhelaghar hours after he went with his one of his friends in the morning.Police on Tuesday arrested his four friends who took the student to Morigaon from Guwahati.
After months of will-he-won’t-he, Ranjeet Sekhar Mooshahary finally announced that he would contest the upcoming Lok Sabbha polls.Talking to reporters in Kokrajhar on Tuesday, the former Meghalaya Governor gave hint of contesting the polls as an independent candidate.His announcement bears significance a few days after he visited the Aam Admi Party office in Guwahati where he was apprised of the party’s position and procedures.
Rajya Sabha polls are slated for February 7. The ruling party is believed to have chalked out a slew of strategies to win the three Rajya Sabha seats.Party leaders are in touch with AIUDF and independent legislators to ensure win in all the three seats.The party still falls short of 8 votes to occupy the three seats which are set to be vacant following the expiry of the terms for Bhubneswar kalita from Congress, Biswajeet Daimary from BPF along with Birendra Prasad Baishya from AGP.
The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) will fight it alone in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.This was what party president Badaruddin Ajmal told reporters in Guwahati after he held a close door meeting on Tuesday. The party is set to field candidates in 8 seats this time.Party sources told assamtimes that they are in touch with BJP and AGP to help their candidate win the Rajya Sabbha polls slated for February 7.
Dr Bhagawan Goswami’s death seems to have shrouded in mystery a day after the lifeless professor of the Cotton College was recovered on the Brahmaputra in Panbazar on Monday.After the post mortem, his family members have called it a cold blooded murder citing a number of clues. His family members claimed to have seen an injury mark on the forehead of the body along with some mysterious position which suggested it a case of murder..His wife demanded a high level probe to ascertain the truth behind the mysterious death of Dr Goswami. The body was cremated on Tuesday morning after clearing all medical formalities.
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