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What is the News?
The results of the 14th Assam Rhino Census conducted at Manas National park have been released.
What are the key findings of the 14th Assam Rhino Census?
Rhino Population
Manas National Park had about 100 One Horned Rhinos prior to 1990.But a prolonged ethno-political conflict thereafter took a heavy toll with extremist groups known to have traded the horns of the herbivores for weapons.
A rhino reintroduction programme under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 was started in 2006.This entailed the translocation of rhinos from Kaziranga National Park and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary to Manas National Park.
Currently, the rhino population in the park has been estimated at 40.
What are the concerns?
The park does not have a wider representation of calves and sub-adults Rhinos to sustain the population structure.
Hence, a suitable strategy is to bring in more rhinos from other rhino-bearing areas so as to have a wider representation of calves and sub-adults over time.
Source: The post is based on the article “Rhino reintroduction a hit in Assam Reserve” published in The Hindu on 10th June 2022.
