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Assam announces Rs1 lakh reward for information on poachers

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 20:59

The Assam government Tuesday announced a bounty of up to Rs1 lakh to anyone who can give information about poachers who have killed over 30 rhinos in the state this year.

Rhino shot dead in Pobitora, rhino carcass found in Kaziranga

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 22:07

The 38.8 sqkm Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, located about 30 km east of Guwahati, has the densest population of the Great Indian one-horned Rhino in its effective 16 sqkm rhino habitat.

South Africa rhino poaching hits new high

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 09:19

The number of rhino poached for their horns since January 2013 has increased to 725, exceeding the annual record of 668 set in 2012, South Africa`s department of environmental affairs (DEA) said Thursday.

BJP demands Centre`s intervention to stop rhino poaching

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 21:10

BJP president Rajnath Singh today demanded that the Centre intervene to stop the continuing rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park in Assam where 31 of the animals have been killed so far this year.

Assam to battle poachers with AK-47s

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 18:21

Assam has got permission to arm its forest guards with weapons like AK-47s to fight heavily-armed poachers, the state`s Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said Thursday.

South Africa selling white rhinos to save them

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 19:37

In an effort to curb rhino poaching, the South African government is taking a different approach - selling them.

Rhino falls prey to illegal poaching in Kaziranga National Park

Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 19:47

A rhino has falled prey to illegal poaching in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.The carcass of the dead rhino was located yesterday in the area of Doramari.

CBI team reaches Kaziranga to probe rhino poaching

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 14:44

A seven-member CBI team has arrived in Assam to probe the poaching of rhinos, an official said Wednesday.

CBI registers 3 cases in poaching of rhinos in Kaziranga

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 20:46

CBI today registered three cases in connection with poaching of rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park(KNP) in Assam, kickstarting a probe amid a surge in killings of these animals.

CID has taken over 7 cases related to rhino poaching

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 20:57

Terming the frequent incidents of poaching of rhinos at national parks in Assam as "a conspiracy of certain forces", the state government today said the CID has taken over the investigation of seven cases related to poaching.

Another rhino killed by poachers in Kaziranga

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 16:23

A rhino was killed and its horn removed at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam making it the fifth to have fallen prey to poachers this month.

Rhino poaching on rise in South Africa

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:10

As many as 210 rhinos have been poached in South Africa since the beginning of this year despite mounting efforts to stop the scourge, the government has said.