On World Rhino Day, WWF seeks urgent conservation plan - The Hindu

AP There is an urgent need for the government to adopt a National Rhino Conservation Plan for India to save the one-horned rhino, the World Wide Fund for Nature on Sunday stressed on the occasion of World Rhino Day. File photo There is an urgent need for the government to adopt a National Rhino Conservation Plan for India to save the one-horned rhino, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Sunday stressed on the occasion of World Rhino Day. The World Rhino Day is celebrated every year on September 22. The adoption of such a plan would increase coordination between the rhino bearing Indian States and help in sharing the best practices in curbing the poaching syndicates for better protection of rhinos, said Dipankar Ghose, director for species and landscapes at WWF-India. There are four rhino-bearing States in India — Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. At an event organised in the national capital on Saturday, Minister for Water Resources Harish Rawat said, "Government has been doing all that it can to save the one-horned rhino, but there is a need for large scale public movement and awareness." Actor Nafisa Ali, associated with the cause, said, "The rhinos in our country are mostly located in Assam, but there is a need to relocate them evenly, as during floods in the state there are very high chances of them getting displaced." According to WWF, only after decades of conservation the number of rhinos in Assam has increased to around 2,500 currently. RELATED NEWS On the mammal trailJuly 21, 2013 First rhino calf born under ex-situ conservation programmeSeptember 4, 2013 2 rhinos shot dead in Kaziranga August 21, 2013 Rhino killed in Assam's Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary July 26, 2013 Rhino carcass with horn removed found in Kaziranga April 12, 2013 More In: Environment | Sci-Tech | News | National via Science - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEKMLDoCZ7n0fb09ZB6yFXxvodZ0A&url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/on-world-rhino-day-wwf-seeks-urgent-conservation-plan/article5156800.ece

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