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Reference Base  Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent ... |
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| Title: |
Smuggling routes for West Bengal's rhino horn and recent successes in curbing poaching |
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Martin, E.B. |
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1996 |
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Pachyderm |
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21 |
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28-34, figs. 1-6 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poaching 1984, 2 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1948, ca.60, cf. Shebbeare & Roy |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| The main reason for the decline from the 1890s to the 1920s was legal hunting. One man, the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, killed more rhinos than anyone else: 207 between 1871 and 1907. After 1932, with the exception of the Maharajah and his family, nobody was allowed to hunt rhinos.
Photo of Pala... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1988, 24 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poaching 1981, 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poaching 1968-72, 28 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poaching 1955-56, 2 |
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Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| During the early 1990s, rhino poaching continued at low levels in both Jaldapara and Gorumara. Illicit hunters today are mostly West Bengalis, Bangladeshi refugees (often landless) and sometimes inhabitants of Assam. Both sanctuaries are surrounded by a huge and impoverished human population, w... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| During the 1970s, officials raided houses surrounding Jaldapara and Gorumara and some rhino horns were found, but there were very few convictions. The methods used by poaching gangs and trading syndicates were too sophisticated for the Forest Department staff. There were at least three groups i... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1973-74, 21 |
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