News > Rhino alive, horn gone: Poaching takes new form in Assam

Rhino alive, horn gone: Poaching takes new form in Assam

Two days ago, the forest guards found the sub-adult rhino bleeding from the spot where the horn was removed. Officials of the park said the rhino, a Schedule 1 animal under the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972, was made unconscious before the miscreants removed the horn.

There have been cases of poachers – mainly in the Kaziranga National Park – taking away rhinos' horns while they were still alive and killing them.