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Three months after rhino poaching at Gorumara
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| NYOOOZ , Thursday, August 03, 2017 |
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| ‘This was the first case of poaching in Gorumara in the past seven years’ ‘This was the first case of poaching in Gorumara in the past seven years’ Three months after the state wildlife department discovered that a rhino had been poached from Gorumara National Park in Jalpaiguri, state Chief Wildlife Warden and Principal Conservator of Forests Ravi Kant Sinha on Wednesday admitted to lapses in protocol at the sanctuary. Nine persons involved in the poaching incident have been arrested so far, and two forest officials — the Ranger and Deputy Ranger of the sanctuary — were first suspended, then transferred out of Gorumara. While the investigation into the poaching is ongoing, it raised red flags in the state wildlife department, as poaching of rhinos in the state is rare. “This was the first case of poaching in Gorumara in the past seven years , As Reported By IE.
According to the Newspaper,UnlikeKaziranga, where the problem is rampant with at least 60-70 rhinos poached annually,” said Sinha. Kaziranga also loses another 60-70 rhinos to natural causes every year, taking the total toll to nearly 140 a year. While the incident took place earlier in March this year, it only came to light in April. On March 14, after a car crash in Assam in which two of the three persons in the vehicle died, police recovered a rhino horn and some drugs. The third poacher was admitted to a hospital, and upon recovery, was interrogated. During the interrogation, the poacher revealed the horn was from a rhino in Gorumara and not in Assam.
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