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Title: Railway threat to Kaziranga
Author(s): Choudhury, A.
Year published: 1987
Journal: Oryx
Volume: 21 (3)
Pages: 160-163, figs. 1-5, table 1
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
1972, 658
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
1908, January: An area of 22,617 hectares (226.17 kmy) was declared as Kaziranga Reserved Forest.
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Maps
Indian Rhino
Map
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
Poached in 1966, 5 (2/3)
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
Threats: 1. Poaching for rhino horn. 2. Lack of protective buffer zone around the park, lading to human/wildlife conflict. 3. Erosion by Brahmaputra river, has already destroyed a portion of the park. 4. National highway No. 37 runs through the southern boundary. 5. Proposed construction of ...
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
Much of the park floods annually and rhinos seek refuge on the National Highway and at the foot of the Karbi Plateau to the south. The Forest Dept has built a number of earthen platforms inside the park, each 180m long, 9m wide, 3m high.
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
1978, 939
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
1984, 1080
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
366
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Location:
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
Poached in 1983, 45-50
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