4-Feb-10 12:00 PM CST

Poachers Kill One-horned Rhino at Kaziranga Park

Kaziranga, Feb 4 (PTI) A rhino was killed by poachers today in the world famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in upper Assam's Golaghat district, making it the fourth such incident in the state in the past one month, forest officials said.

Park foresters heard gunshots around 6 am in the Agratoli Range and immediately went to the area to find a bullet-injured female rhino in pain with her horn still intact, the officials said.

Though medical care was immediately provided to the endangered one-horned species, she succumbed to her injuries, they said.

The horn could not be taken away by the poachers as the foresters arrived at the site as soon as they heard the gun-shots, they said.

Agratoli Range of KNP has been cordoned off and over 100 forest staff were combing the forest to prevent the poachers from escaping, they said.

Many rhinos have become victims of poachers in the state this year.

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