Poachers kill rhino, escape with horn
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Poachers kill rhino, escape with horn

Context:

Assam Governor Mukhi has directed authorities to take all measures to prevent poaching of rhinos.

What has happened?

  •  Recently, an adult rhino has been killed by poachers in the Western range of the Kaziranga
  •  The incident took place at Polokata near the Sitamari area — a sandbar island in the Brahmaputra -south of the Baghmari powergrid station under the Lahorijan forest camp.

Previous instances

  • This is the second rhino poaching incident in Kaziranga in 2018
  • During the ongoing budget session of the Assam Assembly, Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma had said that altogether 74 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Assam since 2015
  • As many as 21 rhinos were killed in 2015, 22 in 2016 and 9 in 2017
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