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Poachers tranquillize rhino to remove horn in Assam's Orang National Park
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Orang (Assam) [India], May 13 (ANI): The Assam forest department has faced a new challenge to protect one-horned rhinoceros in the state after a case of poachers using tranquillizers to remove rhino horn has come to light in Assam's Orang National Park.
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All steps will be taken to protect one-horned rhinos, says PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded the Assam government for burning around 2,500 rhino horns and assured that steps will be taken for the protection of one-horned rhinos in India.
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Assam govt burns around 2,500 rhino horns to mark World Rhino Day
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Golaghat (Assam) [India], September 22 (ANI): On the occasion of World Rhino Day, the Assam government on Wednesday burned around 2,500 rhino horns to bust myths associated with it.
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Assam govt to burn 2,500 rhino horns to mark World Rhino Day
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Golaghat (Assam) [India], September 22 (ANI): The Assam government is all set to burn nearly 2,500 rhino horns on Wednesday in Bokakhat in public on the occasion of World Rhino Day.
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Verification underway of 2,500 rhino horns stored in Assam treasuries
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], August 25 (ANI): The process to verify around 2,500 rhino horns seized from poachers, smugglers or extracted from dead animals over the last four decades and kept in government treasuries in some of Assam districts, has begun in earnest, officials said.
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Arunachal police, Assam Wildlife Division arrest 'most wanted' rhino poac
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Biswanath (Assam) [India], February 6 (ANI): A most wanted poacher involved in numerous cases of smuggling rhino horns was captured by officials of Kaziranga National Park and Arunachal Police, officials said on Friday.
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Assam: Four persons held in possession of rhino horn
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], November 8 (ANI): In a joint operation by Dibrugarh and Duliajan Police, four persons including a woman were arrested in possession of a rhino horn.
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Researchers create fake horn to support rhino conservation
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): Since demand for rhino horns has nearly driven the species to extinction, researchers have developed a way to create fake horns with the help of horse hair.
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Rhino horn, Tokay Gecko worth over Rs two crore seized in WB
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], June 24 (ANI): The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and forest department in a joint operation arrested a person with a Rhino horn and Tokay Gecko worth over Rs two crore.
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WB: SSB apprehends two with Rhino horn
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], June 4 (ANI): The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Sunday apprehended two persons for illegal smuggling of Rhino horn, Tokay gecko and Reindeer horn from India to China.
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