Adult female rhino found dead at Jaldapara National Park
Foresters said its horn is missing and suspect poaching
Jaldapara National Park is Bengal’s largest habitat of one-horned rhino.: File picture
TT | Alipurduar | 05.04.21 : An adult female rhino was found dead at the Jaldapara National Park, Bengal’s largest habitat of the one-horned rhino, in Alipurduar district on Sunday.
Foresters said its horn is missing and suspect poaching. Senior officials of the state forest department have ordered a probe, but no arrests have been made so far.
Sources said on Sunday, forest guards patrolling in Bania 1 & 2 compartments of Chilapata range under Jaldapara wildlife division spotted the carcass. “Preliminary probe showed it died couple of days back. Our men used a metal detector on the carcass and found metal. It seems the rhino may have been shot,” said a senior forest official.
Around 300 rhinos reside in Jaldapara.
Rajendra Jakhar, the chief conservator of forests (wildlife, north), said they have sought a comprehensive report of the incident.
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