Rhino killed at Kaziranga : GUWAHATI, Feb 9: An adult rhino was killed near Kaziranga National Park (KNP) early this morning, with the poachers escaping with the horn. Local officials informed that the rhino was killed at Deothor near Numaligarh, about one km inside Karbi Anglong district, with the villagers later confirming of hearing gun shots at about 5.15 hrs.
The rhino was possibly chased to the spot by the poachers as the Deothor village headman claimed that the pachyderms do not stray into the area at any point of time. The forest officials, retracing the footprints of the killed rhino, said the animal had moved into Deothor from Numaligarh end. They suspect that the poachers waited till day-break to kill the rhino and later fled after extracting the horn. The poaching for horns is endangering the one-horned rhinos as superstitious beliefs maintain that the horn has medicinal values, though it has been proved otherwise scientifically. Rhino horns are sold for crores of rupees at the international market. The KNP faces serious poaching threats, with all efforts to check poaching with a little success so far.
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