 Reference Base  Report: Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA... |
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Asia - South Asia - India |
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Distribution - Records |
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Indian Rhino |
1. Poor representation of individuals in the potentially reproductive class has resulted in a very slow rate of increase of the population.
2. Hunting (poaching) for rhino horn.
3. Domestic cattle of villages and tea estates on fringes enter the park.
4. Collection of firewood by villagers.
5. Shrinkage of habitat by weed invasion.
6. Flooding of rivers torsa and malangi. Severe floods took place in 1952, 1954, 1964, 1968, 1993. The 1968 flood resulted in a change of the course of R. Torsa.
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