Poachers kill rhino, escape with horn

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