Golaghat: An elephant was killed and a rhino
injured by poachers in Assam, Forest department officials said
on Sunday.
The carcass of the pachyderm was found inside the Dibru
Saikhowa reserve forest in Upper Assam's Tinsukia district.
The tusks were removed by the poachers after killing the
elephant a few days back, they said.
A full grown male rhino was found in an injured state
inside Agratoli range of the Kaziranga national park today.
Agratoli forest ranger K K Deuri said a gunshot was heard
late last night following which the guards swung into action.
While poachers managed to escape in the cover of darkness, the
rhino was found with a bullet injury on the right leg this
morning.
Three poachers were arrested by Forest Guards on February
18 when they tried to target a rhino inside the park, a
world heritage site.
On February 4, the park recorded the first incident of
poaching this year when a rhino was killed, he said.
PTI
First Published: Monday, March 08, 2010, 00:32