AR-News: (India) Kaziranga steps up patrolling to save one horned Rhino

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Kaziranga Park, Apr 4 : Authorities of Kaziranga National Park in Assam have 
formulated a strategy to check the poaching of one-horned Rhino. Forest guards 
have been reinforced and local villagers are being inculcated to save 
rhinocerous in their last habitat.

Ranjan Kumar Das, Divisional Forest officer, Kaziranga, said they are now 
able to effectively patrol every stretch of the reserve. 

"We are having 125 number of camps inside the national park, all are equipped 
with arms, rifles, shotguns. In few camps we are able to provide elephants. 
Patrolling we carry out on foot and on elephant back, these are the ways by 
which we cover every square inch of our national park," said Das.

Das added that with these efforts there has been a marked decline in the 
number of poaching incidents from 48 in 1992 to 2 in 2003. Sunil Mondal, a 
resident of Kuthari village, said villagers are now aware of the conservation needs 
and their role in it.


full story:

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&showcomm
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