World Rhino Day focus on India-Bhutan joint conservation
On World Rhino Day, attention turned to joint India-Bhutan efforts to conserve the one-horned rhino. A translocation programme lifted the rhino population in Assam's Manas Tiger Reserve from zero to 48 over two decades. However, the increasing movement of the herbivore across the India-Bhutan international border has raised fresh management and protection concerns for wildlife authorities on both sides.
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World Rhino Day spotlights cross-border conservation of the one-horned rhino between India and Bhutan.
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- The occasion is World Rhino Day, focusing on India-Bhutan joint conservation.
- Manas Tiger Reserve's rhino count grew from zero to 48 in 20 years through translocation.
- Increasing rhino movement across the international border is a new conservation concern.
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