The Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is a suitable habitat for the Normal propagation of the species. After careful consideration, certain essential steps for its conservation and preservation were forwarded during 1995. The floods, an annual occurrence submerges 80 per cent of the land area of KNP – and is posing a serious threat to the wildlife. Further the floods sometimes occur more than twice a year.

During the floods most animals take shelter in the highlands, which are not adequate to accommodate such a hetero geneeres assembly of animals. It has been suggested in various quarters that there should be a constant monitoring of the soil and water of the KNP.

The survey of the occurrence of intestinal parasites of the rhino, clearly showed that several species of parasites prevalent in the domestic animals are found in many wild animals and the rhinos in particular.

There is a high risk involved in the spread of these panasites causing death of domestic animals, and which may spread in an epidemic form among the wild animals. Flood waters may some time bring some unknown disease in the wild animals as well. It is high time to consider the matter seriously. There should be a consistent health monitoring programme before and during the monsoon as well as immediately after the flood. Although there are a few platform within the park, they are not enough to give shelter to all during such devastating floods.

It has been stated that the diversion of the highland and the inclusion around the existing National highway with the incorporation of a few surrounding hills of Karbi Anglong will not only increase its area but will also create a conducive environment for their propagation as well as protection from floods.

A growing demand for rhino-horn in east Asia and its barter for arms by the militants is pushing the Indian one-horned rhinocerous to the brink of extinction, say a Traffic India report.

Rhino horns which can fetch up Rs 8 lakh per kg are bartered by north-eastern militants with the poaching syndicates in Nagaland and neighbouring Myanmar, the report said.

Some evidence of such exchange came to light in Manas, as in the case of horns from Kaziranga bartered for arms in Nagaland and Myanmar, the report said, adding that Assamese and Naga ultras sell the horns to fund their activities. More than 800 rhinos had been killed by poachers during the last decade in India. In current year of 2007 also more than 10 rhinos were killed by the poachers. The rhinos were killed which has a huge demand in East Asian oriental medicines markets for its aphrodisiacal and medicinal qualities, said the report titled ‘Under Siege’.

According to some accounts, rhino horns are of the components put together to prepare basic printing dye to print fake currency notes in under ground presses by the militant outfits in north-eastern India.

A huge number of Naga and Bodo ultras are engaged in poaching of rhinos in central and lower Assam besides the Assamese insurgents who use sophisticated silencer fitted weapons for killing of rhinos to get Rs 10,000 to 20,000 in returns, the report said.

The involvement of high ranking nationals in some of these countries in the trade has made the issue even more complicated and more threatening for rhino conservation. Syndicates organising poaching have access to 303 rifles and 7.62 SLRs from neighbouring countries.

In 1993, Taiwanese authorities arrested Dheky Wangchuk, the aunt of Bhutanese King Jagme Singye Wangchuk, while entering that country with a consignment of nine bear gall-bladders and 22 rhino horns worth Rs 7,69,000. The king however had disassociated himself from the scandal.