Another rhino felled in KNP
Our Correspondent Sentinel assam
JORHAT, Feb 5: Poachers today killed the fourth rhino at Kaziranga National
Park this year and took away the horn. The killing occurred at a time when
there has been widespread protest against the State Forest Departments failure
to check rhino killings in the centenary park, the abode of the endangered
species.
According to information received here, the poaching took place at 6.30 this
morning in Halodhibari area under Kohora range. This has again exposed the
chinks in the security armour at the park, designated a World Heritage Site.
Poachers had brutally killed a female rhino and its calf near Methoni Tea
Estate in Bokakhat subdivision of Golaghat district last month. The horn of the
horn was gouged out while it was still alive. The killing triggered a spate of
protests by several quarters throughout the State.
Forest officials and police personnel have rushed to the site of poaching and
launched a manhunt. However, nobody has been arrested till the filing of this
report.
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