Guwahati, Jan 15: The Anti-Poaching Task Force (APTF) of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) has tasted success. It has managed to bring down Rhino poaching cases in the National Park.
Assam Special DGP GP Singh tweeted, “Year 2021 saw only one incident of rhino poaching in April 2021. The containment of poaching of One-horn rhino has been a major achievement of Anti-Poaching Task Force constituted by @mygovassamin June 2021.Compliments to @assampolice
and @kaziranga_personnel. @CMOfficeAssam.”
Year 2021 saw only one incident of rhino poaching in April 2021. The containment of poaching of One-horn rhino has been a major achievement of Anti-Poaching Task Force constituted by @mygovassam in June 2021.Compliments to @assampolice and @kaziranga_ personnel. @CMOfficeAssam pic.twitter.com/FdxpoXtLCJ
— GP Singh (@gpsinghips) January 15, 2022
It might be mentioned that in 2013-14, 54 cases of Rhino poaching were reported from the National Park.
The APTF was formed in 2021 to check Rhino poaching in KNP and in the first year only one rhino poaching was reported from the KNP.
In April 2021, the carcass of an adult male rhino with its horn missing was found near a water body inside the Kaziranga National Park. The authorities of KNP suspected it to have been killed by poachers at least 3-4 days before.
