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Rhino Carcass With Missing Horn Found In Assam's Kaziranga National Park
The carcass of a one-horned rhinoceros, allegedly killed by poachers, was detected by the forest staff at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, a senior park official said on Monday.
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First Case Of Poachers Using Tranquilizer To Remove Rhino Horn In Assam
The Assam Forest Department on Monday said that poachers using tranquilizers have dehorned a rhinoceros in Orang National Park.
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World Rhino Day 2020: Know About The Day In Pics And Videos
World Rhino Day: The Day is celebrated every year on September 22. It provides an opportunity to work towards saving the animal, which has been the target of poaching for decades. Rhino horns are in great demand in many southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, Malaysia and China. The Chinese use it to make traditional medicines. More than ever, rhin...
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Rhino Poached, Horn Hacked Off In Assam's Kaziranga, AK-47 Bullets Found
Amid a nationwide lockdown over the COVID-19 outbreak, tragedy struck Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Saturday - an adult male Indian rhinoceros was poached
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In Largest Such Haul, Malaysia Seizes Rhino Horns Worth $12 Million
Malaysia has seized rhinoceros horns worth nearly $12 million bound for Vietnam, the Southeast Asian nation's largest haul of such contraband, officials said on Monday.
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First Rhino Death Of 2017 Reported In Kaziranga
A carcass of an adult male rhinoceros with its horn intact was found today inside Kaziranga National Park in what is being dubbed as the first rhino death of the year in the park, officials said.
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Another Rhino Killed By Poachers In Assam's Kaziranga Park, 18th This Year
Poachers killed a male rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Thursday and managed to decamp with its horn, officials said.
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World's 'Largest' Rhino Horn Found In Assam
A rhino horn, regarded as the world's largest horn of one-horned rhinoceros, was today found in Nagaon treasury during verification process.
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Rhinoceros Horn Verification Completed In Golaghat Treasury
The verification of rhino horns stored in Golaghat Treasury in upper Assam have been completed by the Rhino Horn Verification Committee, official sources said today.
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16 Operations For Rhino Attacked By Poachers, Now Has Screws In Skull
Wildlife veterinarians say there is an urgent need for anatomical research on rhinos, which have been heavily poached for their horns, because an increasing number survive attacks and need treatment for injuries including gunshot wounds or deep cuts from axes or machetes.
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Railway Constable Among 3 Arrested With Rhino Horn In Assam
The Assam police today busted a rhino horn trading group and arrested three people in Jorhat's Titabor town. The arrests come three days after poachers shot dead a rhinoceros at Kaziranga National Park.
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Rhino Horn More Valuable Than Gold, Diamonds: Study
Rhinoceros horn fetches poachers more than what one gets from comparable weight of gold or diamonds, a critical factor that is driving the extinction of one of the world's largest herbivores, says a new study.
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Rhino Killed in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, Poaching Suspected
A female adult rhinoceros was killed on Friday and its horns removed by suspected poachers in Assam's Kaziranga National Park.
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US Auctioneer Fined $1.5 Million for Selling Rhino Horns
A Florida auction house owner pleaded guilty to selling illegal rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory and will pay a $1.5 million fine as well as face possible jail time, US authorities said Wednesday.
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Chinese Man Gets 70 Months in US Prison for Smuggling Ivory
A Chinese antiques dealer was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Tuesday as the ringleader of a crew that smuggled rhinoceros horn and elephant ivory artifacts from the United States to China.
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Rhino Carcass With Missing Horn Found In Assam's Kaziranga National Park
The carcass of a one-horned rhinoceros, allegedly killed by poachers, was detected by the forest staff at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, a senior park official said on Monday.
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First Case Of Poachers Using Tranquilizer To Remove Rhino Horn In Assam
The Assam Forest Department on Monday said that poachers using tranquilizers have dehorned a rhinoceros in Orang National Park.
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World Rhino Day 2020: Know About The Day In Pics And Videos
World Rhino Day: The Day is celebrated every year on September 22. It provides an opportunity to work towards saving the animal, which has been the target of poaching for decades. Rhino horns are in great demand in many southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, Malaysia and China. The Chinese use it to make traditional medicines. More than ever, rhin...
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Rhino Poached, Horn Hacked Off In Assam's Kaziranga, AK-47 Bullets Found
Amid a nationwide lockdown over the COVID-19 outbreak, tragedy struck Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Saturday - an adult male Indian rhinoceros was poached
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In Largest Such Haul, Malaysia Seizes Rhino Horns Worth $12 Million
Malaysia has seized rhinoceros horns worth nearly $12 million bound for Vietnam, the Southeast Asian nation's largest haul of such contraband, officials said on Monday.
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First Rhino Death Of 2017 Reported In Kaziranga
A carcass of an adult male rhinoceros with its horn intact was found today inside Kaziranga National Park in what is being dubbed as the first rhino death of the year in the park, officials said.
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Another Rhino Killed By Poachers In Assam's Kaziranga Park, 18th This Year
Poachers killed a male rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park on Thursday and managed to decamp with its horn, officials said.
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World's 'Largest' Rhino Horn Found In Assam
A rhino horn, regarded as the world's largest horn of one-horned rhinoceros, was today found in Nagaon treasury during verification process.
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Rhinoceros Horn Verification Completed In Golaghat Treasury
The verification of rhino horns stored in Golaghat Treasury in upper Assam have been completed by the Rhino Horn Verification Committee, official sources said today.
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16 Operations For Rhino Attacked By Poachers, Now Has Screws In Skull
Wildlife veterinarians say there is an urgent need for anatomical research on rhinos, which have been heavily poached for their horns, because an increasing number survive attacks and need treatment for injuries including gunshot wounds or deep cuts from axes or machetes.
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Railway Constable Among 3 Arrested With Rhino Horn In Assam
The Assam police today busted a rhino horn trading group and arrested three people in Jorhat's Titabor town. The arrests come three days after poachers shot dead a rhinoceros at Kaziranga National Park.
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Rhino Horn More Valuable Than Gold, Diamonds: Study
Rhinoceros horn fetches poachers more than what one gets from comparable weight of gold or diamonds, a critical factor that is driving the extinction of one of the world's largest herbivores, says a new study.
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Rhino Killed in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, Poaching Suspected
A female adult rhinoceros was killed on Friday and its horns removed by suspected poachers in Assam's Kaziranga National Park.
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US Auctioneer Fined $1.5 Million for Selling Rhino Horns
A Florida auction house owner pleaded guilty to selling illegal rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory and will pay a $1.5 million fine as well as face possible jail time, US authorities said Wednesday.
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Chinese Man Gets 70 Months in US Prison for Smuggling Ivory
A Chinese antiques dealer was sentenced to 70 months in prison on Tuesday as the ringleader of a crew that smuggled rhinoceros horn and elephant ivory artifacts from the United States to China.
