Kaziranga National Park

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23 Jan 2008, Times of India : "Two rhinos killed in Kaziranga.

GUWAHATI : Poachers killed a female rhino and its calf when they strayed out of the Kaziranga national park. Park officials found the dead calf at the nearby Methoni tea estate on Saturday. The mother, which had bullet injuries, died on Monday. The poachers had pulled out its horn.

A three-member team from environment ministry in New Delhi inspected the spot on Monday. According to Kaziranga divisional forest officer Bankim Sarma, female rhinos with calves often move out of the park to escape attacks of tiger and in the process become the target of poachers.

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In the heart of Assam, this park is one of the last areas in eastern India undisturbed by a human presence. It is inhabited by the world's largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses, as well as many mammals, including tigers, elephants, panthers and bears, and thousands of birds.