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| Title: |
Railway threat to Kaziranga |
| Author(s): |
Choudhury, A. |
| Year published: |
1987 |
| Journal: |
Oryx |
| Volume: |
21 (3) |
| Pages: |
160-163, figs. 1-5, table 1 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 1972, 658 |
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Distribution - Status
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| 1908, January: An area of 22,617 hectares (226.17 kmy) was declared as Kaziranga Reserved Forest. |
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Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poached in 1966, 5 (2/3) |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Threats:
1. Poaching for rhino horn.
2. Lack of protective buffer zone around the park, lading to human/wildlife conflict.
3. Erosion by Brahmaputra river, has already destroyed a portion of the park.
4. National highway No. 37 runs through the southern boundary.
5. Proposed construction of ... |
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Distribution - Records
Indian Rhino
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| Much of the park floods annually and rhinos seek refuge on the National Highway and at the foot of the Karbi Plateau to the south. The Forest Dept has built a number of earthen platforms inside the park, each 180m long, 9m wide, 3m high. |
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Indian Rhino
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| 1978, 939 |
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| 1984, 1080 |
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Distribution - Status
Indian Rhino
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| 366 |
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
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| Poached in 1983, 45-50 |
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Railway threat to Kaziranga
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