1993, 15
about 2000
until recently, poachers were killing an average of one rhino a day in Kaziranga.
We have had reports of 15 rhino killed in a single day in Manas earlier in 1993, says Vivek Manon, Traffic India
Police in Taiwan have arested a Bhutanese princess at Chiang Kai-shek Intern. Airport at Taipei for allegedly trying to smuggle 22 Asian rhino horns into the country. Dekiy Wang-chuck has been charged with violating Taiwan's conservation laws. Wang-chuck admitted that she expected to sell the 14 kg of rhino horn for about $740.000. Wang-chuck, a Cambridge candidate, comes from Bhutan. The seizure confirms the suspicions of experts in wildlife trade that Bhutan might be an important route for smugglers. The princess carried a diplomatic passport but Bhutan and Taiwan have no diplomatic relations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided that the case should be handled according to the usual criminal procedures. If convicted, she could receive a 2-year jail sentence.
