{"id":218257,"date":"2026-01-05T18:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/218257\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:13:07","slug":"zero-rhinos-poached-in-indias-stronghold-for-the-second-year-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/218257\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Rhinos Poached in India’s Stronghold for the Second Year on Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Greater one horned rhino \u2013 CC 4.0. Nejib Ahmed<\/p>\n

India\u2019s rhino stronghold of Assam reported zero deaths due to poaching among its populations of greater one-horned rhinos in 2025.<\/p>\n

The success replicates that seen in 2023, another year in which poachers claimed no rhinos.<\/p>\n

Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister of the state of Assam, akin to a US governor, said<\/a> it was \u201ca proud moment for us,\u201d but added that other inspiring wildlife reports emerged in 2025.<\/p>\n

This included the sighting of a dhole, or Indian wild dog\u2014the first in the state\u2019s Kaziranga National Park in 35 years. In Rudyard Kipling\u2019s The Jungle Book,\u00a0it was the dhole, not the tiger, that was most feared by the animals of India.<\/p>\n

In addition to the dogs, a lighter tiger, known as a \u201cgolden tabby tiger\u201d was spotted in the park.<\/p>\n

MORE ON RHINOS: 21 Black Rhinos Successfully Moved to New Kenya Home With Space to Breed\u2013Hailing Return of Species After 50 yrs<\/a><\/p>\n

India is now home to some 4,000 rhinos, having once fallen to as low as 1,800 individuals. Almost all of these are located in Assam, but efforts to reintroduce the animal to areas they once inhabited has had mixed-to-bad results. Native to the subcontinent, they would have lived as far west as Peshawar, Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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