Rhino Deaths

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

At least three suspected poachers who were apparently hunting for rhinos have been mauled to death and eaten by lions on a game reserve in South Africa, the owner said on Thursday.

The Assam government had promised to build 33 highlands in Kaziranga for better animal refuge during floods but only 50 percent of the work has been completed.

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.

Poachers in northeast India have slaughtered 13 endangered one-horned rhinos in the last two months, officials said on Friday as another death added to worries about a recent surge in killings.

The death of 39 rhinos in and around the world-famous Kaziranga National Park in less than 10 months has highlighted the threat faced by the endangered animal.

A rhino, left bleeding by poachers who removed its horn, succumbed to its injuries today taking the number of total pachyderm deaths to five during the last three days in the Kaziranga National Park.

The rhino was found bleeding from gunshot injuries; poachers cut off its horn and nose.

The Kaziranga National Park is beleaguered not just by floods but by one of its worst attacks by poachers.

Over 540 animals, including 13 rhinos, have perished in the world-famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam during the current wave of floods, perhaps the worst-ever to hit the Park in recent history.

Five rhinos have been killed in Assam in the first five weeks of this year. However, Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary has been able to combat poaching.

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

At least three suspected poachers who were apparently hunting for rhinos have been mauled to death and eaten by lions on a game reserve in South Africa, the owner said on Thursday.

The Assam government had promised to build 33 highlands in Kaziranga for better animal refuge during floods but only 50 percent of the work has been completed.

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.

Poachers in northeast India have slaughtered 13 endangered one-horned rhinos in the last two months, officials said on Friday as another death added to worries about a recent surge in killings.

The death of 39 rhinos in and around the world-famous Kaziranga National Park in less than 10 months has highlighted the threat faced by the endangered animal.

A rhino, left bleeding by poachers who removed its horn, succumbed to its injuries today taking the number of total pachyderm deaths to five during the last three days in the Kaziranga National Park.

The rhino was found bleeding from gunshot injuries; poachers cut off its horn and nose.

The Kaziranga National Park is beleaguered not just by floods but by one of its worst attacks by poachers.

Over 540 animals, including 13 rhinos, have perished in the world-famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam during the current wave of floods, perhaps the worst-ever to hit the Park in recent history.

Five rhinos have been killed in Assam in the first five weeks of this year. However, Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary has been able to combat poaching.