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Rhino killed in Kaziranga National Park  -  Jul 19, 2007
HinduGuwahati, July 19 (PTI): Poachers have killed a rhinoceros inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, taking the total number of rhinos at the world ...

Kaziranga National Park reopens to tourists  -  Nov 3, 2007
HinduGuwahati: About 150 tourists including 30 foreigners had elephant and jeep safari rides on the first day of the new tourist season in the Kaziranga National ...

Kaziranga National Park  -  Feb 13, 2006
The HinduKaziranga was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. That's how important the home of the one horned rhinoceros is. Once believe to have been found ...

Govt to tighten security in Kaziranga National Park  -  Feb 7, 2008
Indian ExpressIn the wake of the recent incidents of poaching of one-horned rhinos inside the Kaziranga National Park, the Assam governement on Wednesday announced ...

Poachers kill one-horned rhino at Kaziranga National Park  -  Feb 4, 2010
Daily News & AnalysisPTI. Kaziranga (Assam): A rhino was killed by poachers today in the world famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in upper Assam's Golaghat district, ...

Elephants stroll in Kaziranga National Park  -  Feb 9, 2005
Calcutta TelegraphGuwahati, Feb. 8: Nature?s Beckon, a wildlife NGO, has accused the state government of ?perpetrating falsehood? by holding the Kaziranga centenary ...

Kaziranga National Park gear up for safe migration of animals  -  Aug 23, 2009
SifyAug 23 (ANI): Kaziranga National Park authorities have put up barricades to slow down vehicles to ensure safe passage for migrating animals. ...

Migratory birds die in Kaziranga National Park  -  Jan 10, 2010
Press Trust of IndiaGolaghat (Assam), Jan 8 (PTI) Eight migratory birds have died of suspected food contamination in Kaziranga National Park, official sources said here today. ...

Kaziranga National Park In India  -  Apr 5, 2008
BuzzleKaziranga national park, Kaziranga national park India, about Kaziranga national park, The park also consists of four types of vegetation. ...

'King' insists on hunting inside protected forest  -  Mar 19, 2009
Times of India...two days after he and another legislator vandalized property inside the famed Kaziranga National Park and threatened to kill a park ranger. ...

Rhino poaching on rise at Kaziranga National Park in Assam  -  Dec 25, 2007
TopNewsKaziranga National Park (Assam), Dec.25: Assam's Kaziranga National Park has been a remarkable success story of conservation of the one-horned Indian ...

Indian rhino loses fight for life  -  Jan 30, 2008
BBC News..."Kaziranga National Park is a key pivotal area. Assam is on the doorstep of the consumer market. It is easy for poachers to get across the border and then ...

One-horned rhinos find safe haven in Uttar Pradesh's Dudhwa National ...  -  Dec 3, 2009
Oneindia..."In the year 1984 we brought here around five rhinos from Kaziranga National Park. After one year we bought 5 female rhinos from Chitwan National Park in ...

Baby Rhino Found Abandoned in Kaziranga National Park  -  Feb 4, 2008
Wildlife ExtraFebruary 2008: A male rhino calf of about 2 months old has been rescued in Kaziranga National Park by Gorakati Assam Forest Department rangers and the ...

EXPRESSWAYS WILL HARM KNP: UNESCO  -  Jan 11, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesDERGAON, Jan 11 -- The World Heritage Site status for Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is not in doubt in the future but an alert has been sounded by the ...

A softshell turtle discovered at Kaziranga National Park  -  Feb 25, 2005
Calcutta TelegraphClose on the heels of the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature?s announcement that the Northeast has the second richest forest reserve in the world in terms of ...

Poachers kill 6 rhinos in their India habitat  -  Apr 16, 2007
ESPNAP photo A newborn one-horned Rhino stands with her mother inside the Kaziranga National Park. Authorities are hunting for poachers who have killed six of ...

Bullets rain down on battleground Kaziranga  -  Sep 20, 2009
Times of IndiaKaziranga National Park, about 250 km from here, is also a World Heritage Site and houses two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhino population. ...

… Hoolock gibbon released into Kaziranga National Park – pairs up...  -  May 6, 2008
Wildlife ExtraJune 2008. In a remarkable development that might provide the strategy for the management of single gibbons living without mates in Assam, ...

CONCERN OVER MOVE TO OPEN QUARRY NEAR KAZIRANGA  -  Jan 6, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesHe pointed out that the site for the proposed quarry would also affect the tiger population of the Kaziranga National Park because newborn tigers were seen ...

Kaziranga National Park struggles with swelling rhino numbers  -  Jun 29, 2007
Free with registration - PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd - AccessMyLibrary.comKaziranga, Jun 29 (PTI) At a time when conservationists world over are fighting to preserve the highly endangered one horned rhino, the authorities of ...

Assam''s Kaziranga National Park a contender in Seven Wonders of …  -  Jan 18, 2009
SINDH TODAYKaziranga (Assam,India), Jan.18 (ANI): The grazing heaven for the one horned Rhino, Kaziranga National Park in Assam, is on its way to become one among the ...

Four rhinos to be translocated from Pobitora to Manas National Park  -  Apr 11, 2008
Indian ExpressWhile Assam has over 2000 rhinos currently distributed in three areas — Kaziranga National Park, Orang National Park and Pobitora wildlife sanctuary — the ...

How Lady Curzon saved the rhino  -  Feb 21, 2005
RediffThey write in the book: 'Kaziranga National Park, which completes 100 years of its existence in February 2005, is today regarded as one of the most stunning ...

Rhino carcass without horn found in Kaziranga  -  Jan 28, 2010
Press Trust of IndiaThis is the first rhino death in Kaziranga National Park this year and third in the state with two of the pachyderms killed in Orange National Park during ...

Flood forces animals out of Kaziranga sanctuary  -  Sep 2, 2008
The HinduAuthorities in Assam have enforced speed regulations on a highway along the famed Kaziranga National Park to prevent vehicles from hitting animals fleeing ...

India's rare rhinos face renewed risk from poachers  -  Mar 21, 2007
Reuters UKKAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK, India (Reuters) - Poachers have killed four great ... The rhinos were killed at the Kaziranga National Park, which has the world's ...

Upswing in foreign tourists' at Assam's popular Kaziranga National...  -  Feb 23, 2009
SINDH TODAYKaziranga National Park (Assam), Feb.23 (ANI): Assam's popular Kaziranga National Park, which is home to the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, continues to ...

Article: Indian animal lovers protest sports involving elephants - AP...  -  Feb 8, 2005
Pay-Per-View - AP Worldstream - HighBeam Research25 -- Assam's Kaziranga National Park has been a remarkable success story of ... 430 square kilometers, Kaziranga National Park is not only a habitat for . ...

RHINO POPULATION ON RISE IN STATE  -  May 23, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesOver 90 per cent of the rhino population is restricted to the Kaziranga National Park, and this makes the rhinos exposed to stochastic risks. ...

Assam's Kaziranga National Park draws foreign tourists despite issue...  -  Feb 24, 2009
TravelBizMonitorBy TBM Staff | Mumbai. Assam's popular Kaziranga National Park, which is home to the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, continues to be a major draw for ...

Floods likely to spoil Kaziranga tourist party  -  Oct 3, 2007
The HinduKaziranga (Assam): If wanton poaching has sent foresters at Kaziranga National Park into a tizzy, the devastating three waves of floods witnessed by the ...

Horns of a dilemma  -  Aug 17, 2008
HinduRecent news from the two strongholds of the Asian Rhino, the Kaziranga National Park in Assam and the Chitwan National Park in Nepal presents an intriguing ...

Plan to Restrict Traffic Near Kaziranga  -  Oct 7, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe Kaziranga National Park (KNP), which is celebrating its centenary year, is home to a large variety of mammals, including its famed mascot, ...

24 rhinos fell prey to poachers in Assam  -  Feb 25, 2009
Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: At least 24 rhinoceros fell prey to poachers in the past two years in Kaziranga national park and adjacent areas in Assam, the Lok Sabha was ...

Monsoon floods leave millions homeless, stranded, hungry in north...  -  Aug 4, 2007
HinduOn Friday, six people drowned in northeastern Assam state where one-horned rhinos straying from their habitat, the Kaziranga National Park, killed one ...

CENTRE SLAMS STATE GOVT'S MOVE  -  Jan 29, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesCopies of the letter were earmarked to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Assam, deputy commissioner of Golaghat, director, Kaziranga National Park ...

Four rhino poachers arrested  -  Feb 13, 2008
HinduDibrugarh, (PTI): Four poachers, allegedly involved in the recent rhino killings in Kaziranga National Park, were arrested Wednesday during a joint ...

Flood forces Kaziranga wildlife out of sanctuary  -  Aug 24, 2009
Economic TimesKAZIRANGA (Assam): Authorities in Assam have enforced speed regulations on a highway along the famed Kaziranga National Park to prevent vehicles from ...

Assam flood scene improves  -  Jun 22, 2007
HinduThe animals in Kaziranga National Park have been moving to higher ground. The animals also tend to cross the adjacent national highway 37 and go to the ...

Operation Rhino Vision  -  Sep 25, 2005
Indian ExpressKaziranga National Park alone is home to more than 1700 rhinos. Nepal's Chitwan National Park is the only other Park that boasts 100-plus one-horn rhinos. ...

CONCERN OVER MOVE TO PERMIT STONE QUARRYING  -  Jan 2, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesSignificantly, the Director of the Kaziranga National Park, NK Vasu, till now was unaware about the recent developments. Talking to The Assam Tribune today, ...

Kaziranga tiger reserve deprived of direct flow of Central funds  -  Jun 10, 2009
HinduA total of 1035 sq. km. area of the Kaziranga National Park and its Laokhowa and Burachapori additions were declared the country's 29th tiger reserve in ...

A rhino with its calf at Kaziranga National Park  -  Mar 6, 2007
Calcutta TelegraphGuwahati, March 5: One of the biggest conclaves of rhino conservationists from South Asia got under way in Kaziranga this evening to discuss the future of ...

Concern for wildlife in Kaziranga National Park during floods. 3...  -  Aug 9, 2008
Wildlife ExtraSeptember 2008. Even as the Kosi River continues to wreak unprecedented havoc on the lives of humans and animals in Bihar, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and ...

Assam rhinos to be moved  -  Nov 20, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe 430 sq km Kaziranga National Park in eastern Assam is home to more than 1600 ... Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage Site, is home to the single ...

The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum  -  Jan 3, 2010
Chandigarh TribuneAS the winter sets in along the bank of the mighty Brahmaputra in Assam, it's time to flock to the sprawling Kaziranga National Park (KNP), located on both ...

Article: If you go to India - Deseret News (Salt Lake City) |...  -  Apr 15, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam Research3 (Xinhua) - A national park in northeast India's Assam is on the alert ... flying from Tibet and Siberia to Kaziranga National Park during this time of the ...

Four rhinos killed in three days, Kaziranga DFO shunted out  -  May 1, 2008
Indian Express...calf were killed by poachers who escaped with the horn, the Assam Government has shunted out the divisional forest officer of Kaziranga National Park. ...

Article: Abandoned rhino calf gets new home in northeastern India -...  -  Feb 21, 2006
Pay-Per-View - AP Worldstream - HighBeam ResearchSister completed a 450-kilometer (280 -miles) journey overnight by truck from the Kaziranga National Park, in the eastern state of Assam to the Manas ...

Fascination or superstition: Rhino poaching still rampant in Kaziranga  -  Sep 18, 2007
MerinewsDespite increased security, poachers are having a free run in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam, raising many questions. ...

Kaziranga National Park (national park, India) -- Britannica Online …  -  Jun 16, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaBritannica online encyclopedia article on Kaziranga National Park (national park, India), scenic natural area in north-central Assam state, ...

Tehelka - The People's Paper  -  Jun 4, 2005
TehelkaThe Kaziranga National Park, whose area has gone up from the originally notified ... As much as 64 percent of the original Kaziranga National Park area is ...

Kaziranga engages private elephant owners to meet tourist demand  -  Feb 13, 2009
SINDH TODAYSpread over 175 sq. kms, Kaziranga National Park is a remarkable success story of conservation of the One Horned Indian Rhinoceros and other wild lives in ...

Plans to promote tourism at Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary  -  Aug 8, 2006
OneindiaTourists running out of time to visit the famed rhino habitat in Kaziranga National Park (KNP), about a four hours drive away from the city, ...

The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum  -  Mar 9, 2008
Chandigarh TribuneThe pride of Kaziranga National Park, the one-horned rhino, is under threat from ... A UNESCO World Heritage site, the sprawling Kaziranga National Park, ...

Assam affect wild life, agriculture and infrastructure devastated by...  -  Sep 15, 2009
SifyFloods also affected Kaziranga National Park, as the heavy downpours submerged ... Spread over an area of 378 square kilometers, Kaziranga National Park is ...

National Highway along Kaziranga park death zone for animals  -  Aug 12, 2007
IBNLive.comYet the road is a death zone for animals of the Kaziranga National Park. The signboard message of caution is being ignored every day and night on National ...

In rhino land  -  Feb 26, 2005
FrontlineIdentified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by Birdlife International for the conservation of the avi-faunal species, the Kaziranga National Park has 25 ...

Kaziranga: bail plea of MLAs rejected  -  Apr 4, 2009
Indian Express...provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the Gauhati High Court rejected their bail petitions on Friday. ...

DOUBTFUL CITIZENS AROUND KNP FLEE ELSEWHERE  -  Sep 5, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesBOKAKHAT, Sept 5 -- Several families of doubtful origin in and around Kaziranga National Park (KNP) have fled to other places following the August 31 ...

Backcasts archive: Through April 27, 2007  -  Apr 27, 2007
ESPNKaziranga National Park is home to 1855 one-horned rhinos, according to the last census taken in March 2006, out of an estimated global population of some ...

18 Assam districts under severe flood  -  Sep 5, 2008
Daily News & AnalysisThe situation in the Kaziranga National Park, Home of the one-horned rhino, critical as over 50 per cent of its area has been gripped by the flood and the ...

Roaming in the wild  -  Jun 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - West Australian - Factiva, from Dow JonesEven before officially entering Kaziranga National Park, I have seen seven ... In 1985, UNESCO declared Kaziranga National Park a World Heritage site - a ...

Bullets rain down on Kaziranga  -  Sep 22, 2009
Times of IndiaGUWAHATI: Bullets rained down on Kaziranga National Park on Sunday, barely hours ... Kaziranga National Park, about 250 km from Guwahati, is also a World ...

Rhino hunters kill at ease, Assam govt ill at ease  -  Aug 8, 2007
IBNLive.comKaziranga National Park (Assam): In the recent past, 12 rhinos have been killed in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...

Army to help check rhino poaching in Kaziranga  -  Jul 26, 2008
SINDH TODAYKaziranga (Assam), July 26 (IANS) Indian authorities in the northeastern state of Assam have deployed the army at the famed Kaziranga National Park to ...

Ecko is not the famed designer, he's a baby Indian rhino | Article...  -  May 6, 2005
Pay-Per-View - India Abroad - HighBeam Research1500 and 1600 of these live in the Kaziranga National Park, in Assam, ... 'Even the Kaziranga national park - the home of the rare one-horned Indian ...

Floods likely to spoil Kaziranga tourist party  -  Sep 30, 2007
Daily News & AnalysisKAZIRANGA: If wanton poaching has sent foresters at Kaziranga National Park into a tizzy, the devastating three waves of floods witnessed by the world ...

Three films from NE in Environment and Wildlife festival  -  Oct 28, 2009
Times of India...'Sesh Asha', meaning last hope, highlights the issue of flood and the need for conservation of animals in world-famed Kaziranga National Park. ...

'No data on black panthers population'  -  Apr 24, 2008
HinduHe said during 2007-08, an amount of Rs 36.60 lakh was released for Kaziranga National Park under the scheme "Assistance for development of national park ...

15 rhinos perish in Kaziranga  -  Nov 16, 2007
The HinduGuwahati (PTI): A record number of 15 highly endangered one horned rhinos perished at the hands of poachers in the Kaziranga National Park this year. ...

OIL to help monitor Kaziranga in return for communication link  -  Nov 7, 2007
LivemintLarger interest: A file photo of a newborn one-horned rhino with its mother inside the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The park is spread across more than ...

Rhino calves make conservation history in Assam  -  Jan 28, 2007
RxPG NEWSFrom five rhinos a century back, the Kaziranga National Park have successfully fought back from the brink of extinction with organized poacher gangs hunting ...

Children roped in to conserve heritage sites  -  Sep 30, 2008
Daily News & AnalysisEnlisted by Unesco as world heritage site, Kaziranga National Park is known for the world's largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses, as well as many ...

Rhino poaching on the increase in Assam's Kaziranga Park  -  Jan 25, 2008
TopNewsKaziranga National Park in Assam is the world famous abode of the one-horned ... According to the officials of Kaziranga National Park, now-a-days poachers ...

Assam: India's little-known land  -  Sep 12, 2008
Telegraph.co.ukThe forests and grasslands of Kaziranga national park are home to 1200 elephants and 1400 wild buffalo, but the iconic beast is the great Indian rhinoceros. ...

Assam to aggressively promote its tourist hot spots  -  May 19, 2008
HinduSites like Kamakshya near Guwahati, Kaziranga National Park and other sites in upper Assam, where insurgent activity has come down, are being promoted. ...

Rhino goes back home  -  Jan 26, 2007
The HinduDirector of the Kaziranga National Park DM Sing led the team at the rescue site at Diju Chapori in Lakhimpur. The rhino was tranquillised and taken into the ...

From Sir, with love  -  Feb 3, 2008
HinduWhile he turned his study into an auditorium, the huge guestroom that had lodged many a renowned wildlifer on a visit to the Kaziranga National Park a few ...

From floods to poachers' pan  -  Aug 7, 2007
Calcutta TelegraphThe animals that managed to escape the fury of the floods in Kaziranga National Park have walked right into the trap of poachers. ...

Crowded Indian sanctuaries are to relocate 30 one-horn rhinos  -  Nov 21, 2005
China PostFrom five rhinos a century ago, the Kaziranga National Park, about 220 kilometers (135 miles) from Guwahati, is now home to the single largest population of ...

Article: Divers missing off Bali coast.(News) - Daily Post (Liverpool,...  -  Jun 7, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Daily Post - HighBeam ResearchKaziranga National Park - INDIA 37. Komodo National Park - INDONESIA 38. Laguna Colorada - BOLIVIA ... Philippines News Agency ...

Article: 3 BRIT DIVERS SWEPT AWAY; Rescuers hit by fuel problem.( …  -  Jun 7, 2008
Pay-Per-View - The Mirror - HighBeam ResearchKaziranga National Park - INDIA 37. Komodo National Park - INDONESIA 38. Laguna Colorada - BOLIVIA ... Philippines News Agency ...

Assam Govt. to develop rural tourism  -  Jul 30, 2008
Hindu...of Vaishnavite culture of Assam, is situated and also not very distant from the Kaziranga National Park. The Jorhat airport can help in tourist inflow. ...

Kaziranga losing its hold on tigers  -  Aug 28, 2009
MerinewsTHOUGH KAZIRANGA National Park in the Northeastern state of India- Assam, ... There are currently 24.5 tigers per sq km in Kaziranga National Park as ...

Article: RHINO KILLED BY LOST UK TROOPS.(News) - Daily Record ( …  -  Nov 20, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Daily Record - HighBeam ResearchDERGAON, Dec 28 -- The decomposed body of a full grown female rhino killed by poachers near Kaziranga National Park and with its horn removed was recovered ...

Slow and steady wins the race  -  Jul 13, 2008
The Hindu...“The picture was taken at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam,� he says. The Best of Show prize is given to one person in the four categories. ...

On the trail of the rhino  -  Oct 12, 2009
The HinduThe pride of the Kaziranga National Park, there are now just about 2000 of them left in the wild. What does the future hold for these animals? ...

All about Assam  -  May 9, 2009
Malaysia StarGuwahati is also the gateway to the wildlife of Kaziranga National Park, including the world's biggest concentration of single-horned rhinos. ...

7 rhino poachers held near Kaziranga  -  Jun 4, 2008
Indian ExpressThe official said that during interrogation Lakhiprasad Saikia told the police that while three poachers had entered Kaziranga National Park through Bagori ...

Two bridges over Brahmaputra, four-lane road by-pass Kaziranga  -  Nov 10, 2009
Daily News & AnalysisOfficials say around 55 animals are killed by speeding vehicles on NH- 37 every year near Kaziranga National Park. The number increases during floods when ...

Project no threat to park  -  Oct 29, 2009
Calcutta TelegraphKaziranga National Park is the most significant natural habitat of the one-horned rhinoceros and a host of other precious wildlife. ...

Honour for green warriors  -  Jan 1, 2005
FrontlineHis efforts have resulted in raising the rhinoceros population in the Kaziranga National Park to over 1800. Encounters with poachers have been a part of his ...

Floods drive millions from homes  -  Aug 5, 2007
Sunday Independent - Sunday Independent (subscription)On Friday, six people drowned in Assam state, where one-horned rhinos straying from their habitat, the Kaziranga National Park, killed one person and ...

Will Ganga become a wonder of the world?  -  Jan 10, 2009
Daily News & AnalysisLondon: The Ganga, Sundarban's mangrove forests and Kaziranga national park are some of the hot contenders for the world's new seven wonders crown. ...

Article: 3 Rare Lions Killed in India Sanctuary - AP Online |...  -  Mar 6, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchM2 Presswire; September 25, 1998 ; 700+ words ... ... emergency relief to flood-stricken Kaziranga National Park in India (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...

Press Release: IFAW Releases Rhinos Back to Wild in India. - PR …  -  Jan 30, 2007
Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam ResearchU.S. Newswire/ -- IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) has launched a wildlife ... floods swamped Kaziranga National Park (KNP) ...

Exploring Indian Wildlife  -  Oct 12, 2009
BuzzleThe Kanha National Park, Bandhavgarh National Park, Gir National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Dhudhwa National Park. The wildlife of India is quite rich, ...

Trouble for rhino from poacher and Bengal tiger  -  Mar 13, 2008
Calcutta TelegraphAuthorities at Kaziranga National Park have also informed the chief conservator of forests of the new trend. Tigers killed 20 rhinos at Kaziranga last year, ...

Celebrate Independence Day in India  -  05 Aug 2009
Easier (press release) (press release)...joining an elephant-back safari in Kaziranga National Park, home to the world's largest population of endangered unicorn rhinos; and meeting the ancient

Officials in Kaziranga National Park Start Preparations to Protect ...  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
EcoWorldlyEndangered Greater One-Horned Rhinos become extra vulnerable when the waters of the Brahmaputra River flood Kaziranga National Park.

Kaziranga can become one of seven new natural wonders  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
HinduGuwahati (PTI): The Kaziranga National Park is just a step away from becoming one of the seven new natural wonders of the world. The park, a world heritage

Unesco pat for Kaziranga conservation  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Times of IndiaGUWAHATI: The 33rd session of Unesco's World Heritage Committee held in Spain recently has praised the Kaziranga National Park for its conservation efforts.

Himalayan park on world heritage site shortlist  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
HinduThe Kaziranga National Park and the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, , the Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan, the Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers

Park in race for global tag  -  ‎Jul 10, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphGuwahati, July 10: Kaziranga National Park secured a prized slot among the top 77 nominees in the New7wonders of Nature Global Contest through online voting

Kaziranga shootout traps cars  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphGuwahati, July 27: Bullets smashed into a Santro travelling through Assam's Kaziranga National Park, narrowly missing its two civilian occupants,

In Kaziranga, guard, poacher alike offer puja to Goddess Kako  -  ‎Jul 10, 2009‎
Sakaal TimesPTI KAZIRANGA (ASSAM): From forest guards to rhino poachers, everybody in the Kaziranga National Park worships her -- never mind their conflicting interests

Popular Wildlife Destinations of India  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
Webnewswire.comKaziranga National Park and Manas National Park are situated in the state of Assam. Kaziranga is much famous for one-horned rhinos.

Assam MLA Jiten Gogoi arrested again  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
Indian ExpressGogoi, a former ULFA militant, was earlier arrested on May 16 in a case of illegal trespass and assault of forest officials in Kaziranga National Park.

Encounter with poachers near KNP  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
Assam Tribune...of poachers who were cornered and asked to surrender fired at least eleven rounds inside the Burhapahar Range of the Kaziranga National Park last night.

Asian Demand for Rhino Horn Fuels Poaching Crisis  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
Environment News ServiceOn January 19, in Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the south bank of River Brahmaputra, poachers gouged out the horn of an injured

Over 100 arrested for poaching 46 rhinos in Assam : Ramesh  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Times of India...were found in Kaziranga National Park, followed by Orang National Park (64 rhinos), Pobitra Wildlife Sanctuary (84) and five in Manas national Park.

French aid to preserve forests  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphThough the greatest success in recent years has been conservation of the rhino at Kaziranga National Park, the threat from poachers is still high.

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Two Assam MLAs on the run after Kaziranga vandalism  -  25 Mar 2009
MorungExpressGUWAHATI, March 25 (Agencies): Two Assam MLAs have gone underground ever since a case was filed against them for vandalism at the Kaziranga National Park.

Kaziranga tiger shot dead while feeding on forest dweller  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
Times of IndiaGUWAHATI: A tiger, which had sneaked out of Kaziranga National Park and killed two people and injured two others, was shot dead on Monday after hours of

MLAs 'endanger' Kaziranga National Park  -  ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
NDTV.comTwo independent MLAs of Assam vandalized the entry to Kaziranga National Park, when they were stopped from fishing inside the park premises.

Nick Drainey's world view: 'Kings' of the jungle under fire for ...  -  ‎Mar 21, 2009‎
Scotland on SundayTwo politicians have come under attack for brandishing automatic weapons as they vowed to go on a hunting spree in India's protected Kaziranga National Park

NGO staff fishes in park to make point  -  ‎Mar 21, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphGuwahati, March 21: A member of an NGO today went fishing inside Kaziranga National Park, apparently to protest against the delay in arresting two

Gogoi not for MLA arrests: AGP  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
SamayLiveGogoi of delaying the arrest of two independent MLAs, who had assaulted forest officials in the Kaziranga National Park, till the Lok Sabha election.

Rhino-Tiger’s losing battle in Kaziranga Reserve  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
LankawebKaziranga National Park, in the State of Assam, which is more popularly known as a safe heaven for the endangered one horn rhinos and also Indian tigers

Rhino-Tiger's losing battle in Kaziranga Reserve  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
Weekly BlitzKaziranga National Park, which is more popularly known as a safe heaven for the endangered one horn rhinos and also Indian tigers grabbed media attention

Poison cloud over leopard death  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphAS Gill, the manager of Borchapori tea estate, located near Kaziranga National Park and the Karbi Anglong hills, found the carcass this morning and informed

Denizens of Manas, KNP hit by dry spell  -  ‎Mar 15, 2009‎
Assam TribuneIn Kaziranga National Park, where exists more than two hundred wetlands, the waterline has receded in most, while feeder channels have also dried up.

HC to hear MLAs’ bail plea on March 30  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
Assam Tribune42/09 and 43/09 registered for trespass into Kaziranga National Park and illegal fishing and also for assaulting the Forest officials of the Park.

NEWS CAPSULE  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
Assam TribuneAFP JORHAT, March 16 – The rhino census in Kaziranga National Park is going to be carried out on March 28 and 29. The park was divided into two large parts

Picturesque Sibsagar  -  ‎Mar 15, 2009‎
IndiaPost.comOne hundred and fifty km east of the famous Kaziranga National Park, in the state of Assam, lies the town of Sibsagar where a mighty dynasty of rulers known

Animal-guard conflict takes a toll in Kaziranga  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphGuwahati, March 10: A boom in the animal population inside Kaziranga National Park has triggered a “war� among the denizens and the forest guards engaged

Forest fire creates havoc in NE  -  ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
MorungExpress...the seasonal burning of elephant grass — it is carried out every year to help new growth — threatened to go out of control in Kaziranga National Park.

Forest guard killed by rhino  -  ‎Mar 8, 2009‎
HinduGolaghat (Assam): A forest guard was killed on Sunday by a rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park here. Atul Bora died of his injuries on way to hospital

Top Ten National Parks of India  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
PRLog.Org (press release)Based on banks of Brahmputra River, Kaziranga National Park spans over an area of 430 sq kms. The national park houses the famous one horned rhinos.

Rhino project put on hold  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Calcutta TelegraphRhinos in Assam are picked up from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National Park — the only source populations in the state for translocation.

In Assam, people learn to live with wild elephants (Feature, With ...  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Thaindian.comGuwahati, March 4 (IANS) Villagers living next to some 1200 wild elephants in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park say they are no longer afraid as they have

In just 11 weeks of '09, tiger count down by 17  -  ‎Mar 20, 2009‎
Times of India...show that a majority of the deaths have taken place in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh and Kaziranga National Park, Assam.

Foresters are content with retired vets  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
Down to Earth (subscription)What about tiger deaths at Bhubaneswar’s Nandan Kanan Zoological Park in 2000, rhino deaths in Kaziranga National Park in 2004, deaths of Asiatic lions in

Yet another Leopard beaten to death in Assam  -  ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
HinduTea Estate in Golaghat district, adjacent to Jorhat, after it was suspectedly poisoned by people when it strayed out of the Kaziranga National Park.

AASU flays Kaziranga vandalism  -  ‎Mar 21, 2009‎
Assam TribuneKushal Duori carrying out assaults on Forest Personnel, including ranger Dharanidhar Boro, inside Kaziranga National Park, and condemned the incident.

State potential to draw investors great: Mathur  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
Assam TribuneMany people know about Kaziranga national park and Kamakhya temple, but not about the relics that can be traced back to the Mahabharata days, he pointed out

NEWS CAPSULE  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Assam TribuneCorrespondent DERGAON, March 9 – A lifeless body of a female rhino was today found inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP). Reports said a forest guard

NEWS CAPSULE  -  ‎Mar 8, 2009‎
Assam TribuneCorrespondent DERGAON, March 8 – In a tragic incident a forest guard was killed by a rhino in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) last night.

Elephant festival to begin at Kaziranga National Park  -  Feb 8, 2009
Economic Times,8 Feb 2009, 1602 hrs IST, PTI GOLAGHAT (Assam): The seventh elephant festival would begins on Monday in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, a world heritage

Tigers die in India's Nature Preserve  -  Feb 20, 2009
Asia Sentinel,Somebody is poisoning the tigers in India's crown jewel of a wildlife preserve, Kaziranga National Park, heretofore a safe haven for some of the world's

KNP has healthy tiger population, says survey  -  Feb 15, 2009
Assam Tribune,GUWAHATI, Feb 15 – In the wake of tiger deaths in Kaziranga National Park, there is now a glimmer of hope. An initial survey under an ambitious project by

2009 sees alarming rise in tiger deaths in India  -  Feb 16, 2009
Hindu,...cases do not get noticed," says SN Buragohain, director of the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, some 200 km from the state's main city Guwahati.

Survey finds sizeable tiger population in Kaziranga  -  Feb 18, 2009
MyNews.in,A sample survey in Kaziranga National Park in Assam , which is being carried out by the conservation group Aaranyak under the aegis of the Assam Forest and

Rhino population in West Bengal forest goes up  -  Feb 18, 2009
Hindu,Most of the one-horned rhinos, found only in India, are in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, where about 1700 are estimated to be grazing in the vast

9 tiger deaths in Kaziranga  -  Feb 5, 2009
Times of India,Authorities at Kaziranga National Park have admitted to the deaths of nine big cats in the past three months, the biggest casualty ever in a national park

2 new cubs in Ranthambore but bad news in Kaziranga  -  Feb 5, 2009
Times of India,The news comes at a time when the Kaziranga National Park authorities released figures that nine tigers have died in the last three months in the forest due

Kaziranga engages private elephant owners to meet tourist demand  -  Feb 13, 2009
Thaindian.com,By Apem Kamadoang Kaziranga (Assam), Feb 13 (ANI): Due to the increasing inflow of tourists at the Kaziranga National Park located in Assam,

Speaker expands knowledge of nature  -  Feb 10, 2009
The Missoulian,Specifically, the one-horned Asian rhinoceros of Kaziranga National Park in India. Chadwick recently got access to that wildlife refuge after it had been

Indian entries may miss nature wonders race  -  Jan 26, 2009
Times of India,GUWAHATI: Three Indian nominees, including the famed Kaziranga National Park, could face elimination on technical grounds from the list of more than 260

Charging rhino falls victim to scareaway bullet  -  Feb 11, 2009
Hindu,Guwahati: A female rhinoceros at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was killed when a forest guard, accompanying volunteers of a nature group, fired from his

Thai Princess visits Kaziranga  -  Feb 3, 2009
SamayLive,Golaghat, Feb 3 : Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn today visited the world heritage site -- Kaziranga National Park in upper Assam -- home to the highly

Elephant fest gets under way at Kaziranga  -  Feb 9, 2009
Assam Tribune,KAZIRANGA (DERGAON), Feb 9 - 7th Kaziranga Elephant Festival got under way with a four-day long programme at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) from today.

Funds for Kaziranga tiger project  -  Feb 10, 2009
Assam Tribune,GUWAHATI, Feb 10 – After an inordinate delay, the Kaziranga National Park would finally receive funds under the Project Tiger. An amount of nearly one crore

Kaziranga in rock and roll as jumbo fest begins  -  Feb 8, 2009
Assam Times,Kaziranga National Park is agog with festivity as the 7th elephant festival begins on Monday. The four day long event will be formally inaugurated by forest

Rescued elephant calf spotted with herd  -  Feb 4, 2009
Calcutta Telegraph,It was a big relief for the Kaziranga National Park authorities when they located an elephant calf with its herd a few days back. The little one was rescued

Thai princess enjoys Assam  -  Feb 5, 2009
Hindu,Guwahati: A safari in the Kaziranga National Park has left the visiting Princess of Thailand Maha Chakri Sirindhorn fascinated. The park authorities now

Elephant festival  -  Feb 8, 2009
Calcutta Telegraph,The inauguration of exhibition-cum-self-help groups’ mela and traditional food festival at the 7th Kaziranga Elephant Festival near Kaziranga National Park

Oh, for a bite of 100kg, jumbo-shaped peda  -  Jan 28, 2009
Calcutta Telegraph,God than by serving him an elephant-shaped, 100kg peda when the seventh Elephant Festival gets under way at Kaziranga National Park on February 9?

India celebrates 60th Republic Day  -  Jan 25, 2009
Hindu,The Assam tableau conceptualised the famous Kaziranga National Park, the ideal habitat for the one-horned rhino while the Bihar tableau showcased Mithila's

At a glance  -  Feb 15, 2009
Calcutta Telegraph,Golaghat (PTI): Hemkanta Doley, 45, was killed by a rhino, which strayed from Kaziranga National Park in Assam’s Golaghat district on Sunday.

Poachers kill one-horned rhino  -  Feb 9, 2009
SamayLive,Guwahati, Feb 9 : An adult one-horned rhino was killed and its horn taken away by poachers after it strayed from the Kaziranga National Park.

PFA rescues drowning doe  -  Feb 5, 2009
Indopia,Stating the doe would be released in the Kaziranga National Park, the PFA chief said, efforts were on to relocate the entire herd from Joipur as the animals

Bizarre Bazaar: 12th Feb 2009  -  Feb 11, 2009
South Asian Post, Canada,Nine big cats have died at Assam’s Kaziranga National Park in the past three months, but wildlife authorities in the state say the tigers were not victims

Jorhat finals tomorrow  -  Feb 5, 2009
Calcutta Telegraph,It will be flagged off from GL Resort near Kaziranga National Park at 11am and will end at the Gymkhana Club grounds. Most of the participating teams are

Desang festival  -  Feb 5, 2009
Calcutta Telegraph,A car rally will be flagged off at GL Resort near Kaziranga National Park at 11am. The rally will end at Jorhat Gymkhana Club. The United Christian Prayer

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