PTI | 03:11 PM,Nov 30,2011
Lakimpur (UP), Nov 30 (PTI) Mutilated body of a male rhino, suspected to have been killed by poachers for its horn, was recovered in Sonaripur range by the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) authorities. "The body was recovered yesterday from Kakarha Tal area. The condition of the carcass indicates that the animal died about one and a half months back," Ganesh Bhat, Deputy Director of the DTR, said today. Following recovery of a horn from neighbouring Nepal, investigations were initiated into the matter. "Two persons have been held for interrogation, while samples from the body have been collected to be sent to WII, Dehradun, to match the DNA with that of the recovered horn in Nepal," he said. The forest authorities in Kailali, Nepal had arrested three poachers along with a rhino horn. During interrogation, the poachers told the Nepal forest officials that they had purchased the rhino horn from an Indian of Basantapur village in Kheri. The rhino rehabilitation programme in Dudhwa is the world's most successful project, where they were relocated on the terai land of Kheri district after 150 years. The programme was started in 1987 with just five rhinos brought in from Assam and Nepal. The accommodating atmosphere, rich flora and fauna of Dudhwa helped these uni-horned animals to flourish and within a few decades the number of rhinos has swelled to 31. PTI CORR AVA PG SG
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If the information that the authorities of Nepal have been very successful in stopping rhino poachers lately is correct - so much so that no rhinos have been found poached in Nepal over the 11 month period, as stated here:
http://www.globaltigerinitiative.org/2011/12/02/world-bank-president-zoellick-u-s-under-secretary-of-state-hormats-commend-progress-on-tiger-conservation/
it is possible that organized poaching groups are shifting their attention to India.
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