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Reference Base The greater one-horned rhino of Assam is threatened by po... |
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Title: |
The greater one-horned rhino of Assam is threatened by poachers |
Author(s): |
Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B. |
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1994 |
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Pachyderm |
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18 |
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28-43, figs. 1-10, map 1, tables 1-10 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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Poachers can enter Kaziranga easily as there is no natural barrier on the southern boundary of the Park. On the northern side, the two kilometre-wide river acts as the boundary. Fishermen are allowed to fish there, however, even at night and sometimes they bring in rifles (.303s and .315s) secre... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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The Park is 500 kmy in size, running in a strip along the Bhutan/Assam border (see map). Only the southern boundary is close to villages; a buffer zone consisting of adjacent reserve forests extends the area to 2,837 kmy in India plus an additional 439 kmy of National Park, also called Manas, i... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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Burning the dead, tall grass has always been the main management tool, enabling new shoots to grow and thus maintaining the grassland ecosystem. About 35% of the Park area is burned annually (Lahan, 1993). This requires little money. The creation of more highland for the rhinos is another requ... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Maps
Asian Rhino Species
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map of Assam with protected areas. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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Table 2: Number of known rhinos poached in Kaziranga
Year Kaziranga NP
1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 18
1966 6 1967 12 1968 9 1969 8
1970 2 1971 8 1972 0 1973 3
1974 3 1975 5 1976 1 1977... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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Table 4: Number of known rhinos poached in Assam from 1979 to 1993.
Year Number of rhinos poached
1979 15 1980 18 1981 38 1982 44 1983 91 1984 45
1985 56 1986 53 1987 43 1988 44 1989 67 1990 45
1991 29 1992 67 1993 70
Total 725 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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The Central Government is becoming disillusioned about putting money into Manas to re-build bridges and buildings time and again, but it is essential that the government does allocate the necessary funds in order to keep a presence in Manas, or this important Park will be lost. At the moment the... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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The present Range Officer, B.N. Talukdar, estimates that at least 75% of the poached rhinos are killed when they wander outside the Sanctuary, which about a third of them do each night to look for food. This is the major problem; if rhinos could be kept inside the Sanctuary, poaching would decli... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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The greater one-horned rhino in Assam has increased steadily in numbers since the start of this century, and considerable credit must be given to the people of Assam. An increase in political instability recently, however, poses a growing threat to the survival of the rhinos. There has been a s... |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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According to the former Range Officer of Orang, B.N. Talukdar, from 1978 to 1992 93% of Orang's poached rhinos were killed inside rather than outside the Sanctuary. Hardly any rhinos wander outside, despite its small size, because there is no overgrazing in the Sanctuary. Rhinos are not poached... |
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