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Wild life reserves in India: Assam |
| Author(s): |
Gee, E.P. |
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1950 |
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Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
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49 (1) |
| Pages: |
81-89, pls. 1-2, map 1, table 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Six were recently shot by two Indian diplomats. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Tirap Frontier Tract National Park. Recently been gazetted, on Burma border. In the official description it says that it is believed that a few specimen of Rhinoceros sumatrensis survive.
It appears very doubtful if these rhino still exist. |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Rhinoceros had become very scarce about 1905 due to the demand for its horn. |
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Prior to 1930, little was done for the preservation of wildlife except the formation of the Manas and Kaziranga Game Sanctuaries for the protection of the rhinoceros. In the early 1930s, rhino horn was declared to be a forest produce wherever found. |
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
Diseases
Indian Rhino
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| The number of rhino in Kaziranga was believed to have been about 300 in 1940, when one could go in on insepction elephants and see a dozen quite easily. Nowadays, however, a similar visit would produce only half that number, and a number of rhino are known to have died of anthrax in 1947 - no le... |
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Wild life reserves in India: Assam
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