Assam: In Kaziranga, Commando Force to protect the one-horned rhino

Kaziranga: Special Director General of Police (DGP) cum Chairman Assam Rhino Protection Task Force and Chief Wildlife Warden (CWLW) on Sunday informed that Commando Force will be deployed at Kaziranga National Park to intensify anti-poaching operations there.

The Special DGP had reviewed the ongoing anti-poaching operation on Saturday and had visited the recent rhino poaching site yesterday.

Recently, a carcass of an adult female rhino was detected inside the national park. It is being suspected to have been killed by poachers as its horn was missing. (ANI)

What can be termed as a major success in Assam's one-horn Rhino conservation, only one rhino was poached in 2021 – the lowest in the last 21 years. The state government has managed to bring down Rhino poaching cases in the national park.