Great One-Horned Rhinocerous (Rhinocerous unicornis)

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[Ashutosh]

Good news from Nepal: Rhino census conducted countrywide has shown an increase of over 100 Rhinos since last census is 2015. Current number is 752 as opposed to 645 in 2015.

The Rhino census was delayed a couple of days because a tiger had attacked a census worker.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2021/apr/11/rhino-population-in-nepal-grows-in-conservation-boost-2288725.html Reply

[Ashutosh]

The last translocation conducted under IRV2020 programme. It’s aim was to get Rhino population in Assam to 3000. Definitely been a success. Here are 1 male and 1 female translocated from Pobitora to Manas.

Population of Greater one-horned Rhino in Manas has increased from 0 in 2007 to 49 today.

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[Ashutosh]

Rhino mock charging at boat in Pobitora. You really don’t want these tanks charging at 50 kmph+ towards you.

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[Ashutosh]

Results of Rhino census are in and they bring some good news:

Kaziranga rhino population up by nearly 200.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kaziranga-rhino-population-increases-by-200/article65270358.ece/amp/

Orang Rhino population up by 24.

https://www.sentinelassam.com/amp/north-east-india-news/assam-news/orang-national-park-records-an-increase-of-24-rhinos-583801


While Pobitora sees a rise of 5 rhinos.

https://theprint.in/india/assam-rhino-population-in-pobitora-increases-by-5-total-count-at-107/885794/?amp Reply

[Ashutosh]

Dudhwa has seen a rise in Rhino population from 34 to 40 since 2017. Here is one of them in pristine Dudhwa foliage:

https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=951178 Reply

[Matias]

Renegotiating citizenship: stories of young rhinos in Nepal

Quote:A brief environmental history of Nepal

Nepal has not always focused on biodiversity conservation, especially in the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) which lies along the southern border. Initially sparsely populated only by Indian nationals or indigenous communities, this area was considered uninhabitable by outsiders thanks to its wide expanses of hard to defend land and the presence of malaria-bearing mosquitos (Brown,1996). The area’s inhospitable environment is likely responsible for keeping the British East India Company from officially colonizing Nepal as they worked their way across the sub-continent (Brown, 1996).1 Following the eradication of malaria2 in the Terai during the 1960s, widespread human migration displaced a variety of other species (Mishra, 2008). Floods and crop failures led the Nepalese monarchy to institute emergency relocation programs for poverty-stricken villagers, sending them onto the now-inhabitable TAL. Further anthropogenic pressures arose from the wide-scale immigration of Indian laborers and the return of military personnel from Burma (Myanmar). Due to political unrest, swelling populations, and a lack of structured local government during this period, vast swaths of forests were haphazardly cut or burned for grazing, wood products, and agriculture (Whelpton, 2005). These actions decimated forests; 65% of the land cover was lost, along with a large amount of fauna (Mishra, 2008, p. 55). In what is now Chitwan National Park (henceforth CNP), the number of wild elephants fell below 200 individuals, and rhinos below 65 (GoN, 2015; Yadav et al., 2015).

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[georgegram]

one horned indian rhino conservation in Kaziranga National Park--- an ambitious successful progress:

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[TheHyenid76]

Dr Kees Rookmaaker - Early photographs of the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the wild

"Rhinoceros shot by late Captain Speer in Assam, 1862"

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"Rhinoceros in the jungle, Nepal"

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"A rare depiction of a living rhinoceros in the jungles of Nepal, running away from the elephants and hunters. Unsigned photograph in RCS Album"

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"Female rhinoceros and calf charging towards the elephant carrying Victor Reginald Brooke on 12 February 1909"

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"The female R. unicornis named ‘Lizzie’ in the Gandak Valley of Nepal followed by her half-grown calf. Photo by Dyott"

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"A second view of the mother rhino Lizzie with her calf"

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"Male rhino chasing a female in Jaldapara, India, photographed in 1932 by Bengt Berg"

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"Mother and young one in Jaldapara in 1932 photographed by Bengt Berg"

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Early photographs of the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the wild

Webinar by Dr. Bibhab Kumar Talukdar on Rhino Conservation in Assam

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