India’s Rhino Stronghold Sees 86% Drop in Poaching and Five-Fold Increase in Rhinos

 

Since 2016, poaching of one-horned rhinoceroses in India’s Assam state has fallen 86% after a change in government brought determined action to protect them By expanding protected areas and bolstering ranger patrols, the steady growth in the number of rhinos, seen since the late 60s, has now accelerated to the point where 3,000 horns grace […]

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