Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday unveiled a memorial to the greater one-horned rhino and the forest guards the 1,300 sq. The stockpile of horns was also burnt to demonstrate that rhino horns have no medicinal value, he added. “The ash collected has been used to create these three rhinos immortalising the efforts of those who selflessly protect Assam’s rhinos,” the Chief Minister said. Among those destroyed were 21 fake horns seized from smugglers and traders and 15 African rhino horns brought from the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati. According to the latest estimate in March, Kaziranga has 2,613 rhinos.

Source: The Hindu September 25, 2022 06:26 UTC