In Assam, a horn has value only on a living rhino

Authors

  • Mahendra Kumar Yadava IFS (Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and HoFF and Chief Wildlife Warden Assam, Assam Forest Department, Panjabari, Guwahati)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69649/pachyderm.v63i.492

Abstract

On 22 September 2021 coinciding with World Rhino Day, 2,479 greater one-horned rhino horns were incinerated in Assam with full public participation in accordance with a decision taken by the State Government of Assam. The State government took this historic decision to send a strong message against wildlife crime and the illegal wildlife trade, especially the poaching of rhinos, and to strengthen the belief of the Assamese people that a rhino horn holds value only on a living rhino.

African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis in a Bai, Gabon. In March 2021 the IUCN declared that L. Cyclotis were a separate species from African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana), and also listed African forest elephants as critically endangered. The small nation of Gabon is the last stronghold of the forest elephant. ©Image courtesy of WCS Gabon

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Published

2022-12-14

How to Cite

Yadava, M. K. (2022). In Assam, a horn has value only on a living rhino. Pachyderm, 63, 201–204. https://doi.org/10.69649/pachyderm.v63i.492

Issue

Vol. 63 (2022): Pachyderm

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Field Notes

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