Pobitora Sanctuary

A biker died after being chased and attacked by a rhino near the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Morigaon district on Sunday.

Flood relief and food distribution for flood-displaced people one has heard of, but flood relief for rhinos? Well, that's what Assam's forest department is doing this year after two months of unprecedented floods in the state.

There was no let up in flood misery in Madhya Pradesh and Assam with the number of deaths climbing to 17 today while heavy rains lashed parts of Rajasthan as the Northern Limit of Monsoon crossed Jodhpur.

The first wave of floods in Assam has claimed one life, affected nearly 68,000 people, submerged rhino habitats at Kaziranga and Pobitora and overrun vast tracks of human habitation and farm land.

Monsoon regenerates wildlife parks but when the sanctuaries are flooded, it puts the animals at greater risk of being poached and shrinks their food supply.  The forest guards keep a tight vigil at the Pobitora Sanctuary in Assam. With the tributaries of the Brahmaputra flowing above danger level, the wildlife park is inundated. The animals, m...

A biker died after being chased and attacked by a rhino near the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Morigaon district on Sunday.

Flood relief and food distribution for flood-displaced people one has heard of, but flood relief for rhinos? Well, that's what Assam's forest department is doing this year after two months of unprecedented floods in the state.

There was no let up in flood misery in Madhya Pradesh and Assam with the number of deaths climbing to 17 today while heavy rains lashed parts of Rajasthan as the Northern Limit of Monsoon crossed Jodhpur.

The first wave of floods in Assam has claimed one life, affected nearly 68,000 people, submerged rhino habitats at Kaziranga and Pobitora and overrun vast tracks of human habitation and farm land.

Monsoon regenerates wildlife parks but when the sanctuaries are flooded, it puts the animals at greater risk of being poached and shrinks their food supply.  The forest guards keep a tight vigil at the Pobitora Sanctuary in Assam. With the tributaries of the Brahmaputra flowing above danger level, the wildlife park is inundated. The animals, m...