India News | Carcass of Rhino with Horn Missing Found in Assam
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The carcass of an adult male rhino with its horn missing was found near a waterbody inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, officials said on Wednesday.
Golaghat (Assam), Apr 21 (PTI) The carcass of an adult male rhino with its horn missing was found near a waterbody inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, officials said on Wednesday.
Poachers shot the animal dead three to four days ago but the carcass was noticed on Tuesday.
A bullet mark was found on the body during post-mortem examination, pointing towards poaching, the officials said.
This is the first poaching incident of the current year in the Kaziranga National Park, known for its population of one-horned rhinoceros.
On August 7, last year, the carcass of an adult female rhino with its horn removed was found inside the Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In January this year, the Park's Field Director P Sivakumar told reporters that the authorities have managed to check rhino poaching as only two pachyderms were poached in 2020.
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