Silchar: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday evening ordered a probe into the killing of two suspected poachers in Nagaon’s Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary by a forest guard. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma on Saturday evening wrote on X, “Last night, individuals from Sutirpar village trespassed into Lawkhua-Burachapari Reserve Forest. According to Jayanta Deka, Divisional Forest Officer, …
GUWAHATI Forest guards in central Assam’s Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary gunned down two suspected poachers during the early hours of Saturday. Jayanta Deka, divisional forest officer of Assam Forest department’s Nagaon Division, said the incident happened between 1 a.m. and 1.30 a.m. after the forest guards spotted a group of 20 people in Charaihagi forest camp area of the sanctuary. Nagaon …
Two suspected poachers were shot dead by forest guards in Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam’s Nagaon district during the wee hours of Saturday, officials said. According to Jayanta Deka, divisional forest officer, Nagaon, the incident happened between 1am and 1.30am when a team of 15 poachers entered the Charaihagi forest camp area in Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary. After the firing, the …
GUWAHATI The greater one-horned rhinoceros has returned to central Assam’s Laokhowa-Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary after 40 years, officials said. Large-scale encroachment and poaching wiped them out although stray rhinos from Orang National Park across the Brahmaputra River and the Kaziranga National Park to the east were known the enter the WLS very briefly. Wildlife officials said the two rhinos are believed …
Assam’s Burachapori wildlife sanctuary has witnessed the presence of rhinoceros after 40 years, forest officials said. Rhino population went down to zero in 1983 in Assam Burachapori, which is part of the Greater Kaziranga National Park, was once a haven for the Rhinos and the population was more than 50. Forest officials said that the eviction drive at Laokhowa and …
Forest officials in southern Assam’s Cachar district have rescued a kangaroo and blue macaws among exotic wildlife species being smuggled out of Mizoram. The seizure of these animals came less than two years after sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busted an international syndicate of exotic wildlife smugglers whose kingpin was based in Mizoram. A closer inspection revealed a …
The Kaziranga National Park, in Assam, has been hugely impacted due to the floods that hit the state. First ever camera trap evidence of successful breeding of tigers in Laokhowa Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary, buffer of Kaziranga Tiger Reserve. Kudos" ROAR GETS LOUDER🐯 First ever camera trap evidence of successful breeding of tigers in Laokhowa Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary,🐅 buffer of …