Three rhino carcasses found in Kaziranga

Guwahati | Tuesday | 19th February, 2019

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The other two carcasses were found near Garakati and Murphuloni anti-poaching camps respectively,” said a forest staff in Kaziranga. “We found a female rhino dead near 2 No. Jorhat: Three days after a rhino was killed by poachers at Kaziranga National Park, three more pachyderms were found dead inside the park on Monday. However, unlike the first instance, all of them died due to natural causes this time.With this, the total number of rhinos Kaziranga lost so far this year has gone up to four .Divisional forest officer (Kaziranga) Rohini Ballav Saikia said, “The three rhinos died due to natural causes. Forest staff found the carcasses when they were on patrol.” He added, “Veterinarians conducted post mortem of the rhinos and we are waiting for the report.”Of the three rhinos, two were found dead in the Bagori forest rage and another one at Burapahar..