Not One Rhino Poached In Assam In 2022, A First In 20 Years. This Is Why


Not One Rhino Poached In Assam In 2022, A First In 20 Years. This Is Why

Kaziranga Nationwide Park is now dwelling to 2,613 Rhinos. (Representational)

Assam:

Not a single one-horned rhino in Assam was poached in 2022, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned on Tuesday. Strict vigil by armed commandos and forest personnel in addition to using “subtle expertise” helped Assam obtain this goal.

Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned that this feat has been achieved by the state after no less than 20 years. “It has in all probability been 20-25 years since Assam reported no poaching of even a single rhino in a 12 months.” The final poaching incident occurred on December 28, 2021 at Hilakunda, Kohora in Golaghat district.

In June 2021, the Assam authorities fashioned a 22-member activity power headed by particular director Basic of police (regulation and order) GP Singh and deployed armed commandos for vigil and strict motion towards poachers.

The federal government had moreover arrange a 22-member activity power to verify poaching which comprised senior forest officers and SPs of no less than 11 districts, and divisional forest officers of six wildlife divisions. The districts embody Golaghat, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Morigaon, Baksa, Chirang, Barpeta and Majuli.

Rhino poaching had grow to be a severe concern within the state, with 2013 and 2014 witnessing no less than 27 deaths. At the least 18 rhinos have been killed in 2016 following which the quantity persistently lowered with just one rhino poached in 2021.

Kaziranga Nationwide Park is now dwelling to 2,613 Rhinos and the numbers are rising, as per the most recent census information put out by the nationwide park authority.

To obviously convey the message to poachers that rhino horns have no medicinal or financial worth, the Assam authorities had publicly burnt a stockpile of two,479 horns in September. “Using rhinos’ horns for medicinal functions is a fantasy,” Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had then mentioned.

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