2021 records the lowest killing rate of Rhino’s

Only one one-horn Rhino was poached in 2021, the lowest number in 21 years, in what can be considered a big victory for Assam's one-horn Rhino conservation.

Kaziranga National Park's Anti-Poaching Task Force (APTF) has achieved success. It has been successful in reducing rhino poaching in the national park.

"Year 2021 saw only one incident of rhino poaching in April 2021. The containment of poaching of One-horn rhino has been a major achievement of the Anti-Poaching Task Force constituted by @mygovassamin in June 2021.Compliments to @assampolice and @kaziranga_personnel. @CMOfficeAssam," Assam Special DGP GP Singh said in a tweet.

In the years 2013-14, 54 rhino poaching instances were reported in Kaziranga.

The APTF was established in 2021 to combat rhino poaching in Kaziranga, and just one rhino poaching incident was reported in the first year.

The carcass of an adult male rhino with its horn removed was discovered near a water hole in Kaziranga in April of last year.

Parimal Suklabaidya, Assam forest minister said, "Kaziranga National Park's protective cover has been uplifted to revolutionary steps under our government - the lowest case of only one poaching in 2021 in the park is a testimony towards our efforts to save the rhinos." 

In Assam, seven incidences of rhino poaching were reported in 2018. Only three cases were reported in 2019, and only two in 2020.

India's rhino population has grown 35 times in 115 years, from 75 in 1905 to 3,600 in 2020.