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.
PermalinkSubmitted by Dustin Munro on Sun, 29/03/2015 - 00:30
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.
17 Jun 2015 - 7:12pm | Hantigiri Narzary
The 12 hours Assam bandh called by BTAD Bengali Youth Students Federation and Assam Bengali Youth Students Federation today affected normal life in Kokrajhar, heart town of BTAD administration...
27 Sep 2010 - 1:55pm | Nava Thakuria
A day-long media workshop on the forthcoming military sponsored election in Burma (Myanmar) and its implication on hundred thousand Burmese refugees will take place on September 27 in New Delhi....
4 Dec 2017 - 2:59pm | Mithun Baruah
TINSUKIA:More than 1000 people five different organizations staged dharna in Tinsukia on Monday alleging a conspiracy to compromise Assam's territorial integrity in the name of the greater Nagalim....
1 Nov 2008 - 9:25pm | editor
After the serial bomb blast at various places of Assam,various organisation has decided to protest against the government's failure.The blast was so devastating that it can be termed as Bloody...
An army jawan has been arrested on Sunday for alleged attempt to rape a sleeping woman inside in an air-conditioned coach of a running train on Sunday.The incident took place in the wee hours at the Guwahati-Ledo Inter City Express. The accused jawan from the 299 Field Regiment, posted at Maiballa in Sonari under Sibsagar district of Assam, was arrested at Mariani station by railway police.According to the allegation, she was sleeping in the upper berth of an AC 3-tier coach, while the jawan was sleeping in the middle, her mother in the lower berth and her brother in a side berth.The jawan also tried to prevent her from shouting by putting his hand on her mouth but she managed to raise an...
At least nine workers from Assam were killed and 11 injured when suspected militants triggered a powerful IED blast at Khoyathong in the heart of Imphal on Friday. Six others have been critically injured. The bomb exploded at 7.35 in the evening inside a camp where the labourers housed. Nine workers died on the spot. Police called it an IED planted by militants. This has forced the security forces to step up vigil in the capital city.
Bodies of two youths from Chirang district of Assam have been recovered in Andhra Pradesh two days after they left for West Bengal.Identified as Dhan Basumatary and Bishnu Narzary, their bodies were recovered at Nallore Railway station on Wednesday. Both they were accompanied by Dawa Basumatary to West Bengal who has been remaining traceless.
The lifeless naval officers from Assam, who died in the INS Sindhurakshak tragedy brought to their home on Wednesday.Naval Engineer Narottam Deuri’s body was received at the Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport at Borjhar here with honour by Navy, Army and Air force officials. Then it was sent to his home at Narayanpur in Lakhimpur by road for the last rites on Thursday.The body of the other naval personnel Petty Officer Timothy Sinha, attached to the Underwater Unit 1, was received in his native place Silchar by Cachar district administration for the last rites on Wednesday.At Borjhar, the ethnic Deuri Jatiya Sangathan and Deuri Students Union strongly protested the absence of state...
Normal life remains paralyzed in Kokrajhar on Tuesday following the 36-hours BTAD bandh beginning from 5 in the morning. Called by the Undivided Goalpara Indo-Mongolian Youth Front in protest against brutally killing of two youth including a cadre of NDFB (Songbijit faction) and an innocent youth at Audang bazaar under Karigaon police outpost, the bandh evokes full response as soon as it came into force.All financial institutions, shops and markets remained closed. Schools and colleges refused to open. Vehicles were off from the roads. The youth front appealed to the political leaders to be alert on the role played by the state government. Rahul Brahma alias B Rugung and Anjalu Brahma alias...
The mortal remains Timothy Sinha and Naruttam Deuri are arriving in their homes on Wednesday.The bodies will be accorded a guard of honour at the INS Ashwini at Colaba in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Timothy’s body would reach Poilapool in Silchar while Naruttam's is expected to reach Deuri gaon in Lakhimpur home in the morning. Cachar district administration has informed the Army authorities stationed at Mashimpur and Jiribam about the development. Timothy's body will be laid to rest in his family graveyard at Poilapool with full military honour.
The Press Council of India, taking serious note on attacks on Journalists in India, has constituted a Sub-Committee to examine the issue of safety of Journalists. The Sub-Committee is in Guwahati and will interact with Journalists on September 11, 2013 (Wednesday) between 10:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. at the Conference Hall, Circuit House, Guwahati to examine the issue of safety of Journalists in Assam.
Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management (ARGUCOM) in collaboration with Sologuri Gaon Panchayat and Department of Rural Development Agency, Sivasagar organised a public meeting at Sivasagar College, Joysagar recently. The aim of the public meeting was to familiarize the local population with the history, aims, objectives and philosophy of the University.The meeting was attended by Dr. Rafiquz Zaman, Vice Chancellor, ARGUCOM, Hira Deka Bora, Principal, Sivsagar College, SN Chowdhury, Project Director, DRDA (Sivasagar), Dr. Likhak Bora, former Professor, Sivasagar College and noted social worker and Zila Parishad member, Monica Saikia.Vice Chancellor Dr. Zaman made an...
At least 10 districts are reeling under flood water. The worst-hit are river island Majuli and the Kaziranga National Park. Rising water of the Brahmaputra has inundated vast tracts of land in Kaziranga's Burapahar, Bagori and northern parts of Agratoli with three animal casualty reported. Two deer were knocked down by speeding vehicles in Harmoti area when they were on way to the highlands, while an elephant drowned in the flood waters in Bagori range.
Three foreign tourists have been injured as their vehicles overturned in Kamrup district Monday.They were on their way to Siliguri en route to Sikkim when their vehicle turned turtle at Ghakuchi.Identified as Andrew John, Stephen Doneur and Sarit Jay Patel -- were injured in the incident with John being in a critical condition while the two others received minor injuries. The trio were admitted to the Rangiya Civil Hospital but were later referred to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
Comments
There are sustainable ways to
Pages
Add new comment