Guwahati, May 10 (IANS) Alert security personnel in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) have arrested three alleged poachers and recovered arms and ammunition, officials said on Sunday. KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh said that acting on specific intelligence inputs, teams from the Eastern Range, Gamiri, and the Crime Investigation Range of the Biswanath Wildlife Division of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve apprehended three persons in connection with earlier wildlif…
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Guwahati, Jan 20 (IANS) The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) has so far rescued and handled 7,397 wild animals belonging to 357 species in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Tuesday. The CWRC was established in 2002 as a collaborative initiative of the Assam Forest Department, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). KNPTR Field Director Sonali Ghosh said that CWRC primarily focus…
Guwahati, Jan 19 (IANS) Less than a week after the recovery of a tiger carcass, another dead tiger has been found in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Monday.An official of the KNPTR said that the carcass of a tigress, aged approximately three to four years, was recovered on Sunday afternoon from the Kathpora area of the Bagori Western Range.Following the discovery, KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh constituted a committee to conduct the post-mortem examinati…