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Rhino alive, horn gone: Poaching takes new form in Assam
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The Hindu | 13/05/2022 10:47 PM | Click to read full article
Two days ago, the forest guards found the sub-adult rhino bleeding from the spot where the horn was removed. Officials of the park said the rhino, a Schedule 1 animal under the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972, was made unconscious before the miscreants removed the horn.
There have been cases of poachers – mainly in the Kaziranga National Park – taking away rhinos' horns while they were still alive and killing them.