SILIGURI, 11 JAN: The state forest minister is still in the dark about the fact that his department will initiate Rhino Census under Wildlife Division-II in north Bengal.
Forest officials have already informed the officials concerned,including animal lovers’ organisations, that the department would start a census exercise of rhino at Garumara National Park from March 2012.
The forest minister, Mr Hiten Barman, said: “I do not have any information regarding rhino census in north Bengal. No body has intimated me about the project. I would ask the departmental officials about the census and accordingly arrangements would be made to conduct the census.”
According to forest officials, the department had conducted rhino census in Garumara National park in 2010 and after two years, a routine census would be conducted to know the exact population of rhino. In 2010 the total number of single horn rhinos was 36 in Garumara.
A senior forest official said the rhino census was conducted in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in 2011 and the next census would be conducted in 2013. In 2011 the total number of single horn rhino at Jaldapara was 155.
Mr Barman said he had a detailed census report on elephant population in north Bengal. “But I need to get detail information about the present number of rhinos,” he added.
Forest officials have already informed the officials concerned,including animal lovers’ organisations, that the department would start a census exercise of rhino at Garumara National Park from March 2012.
The forest minister, Mr Hiten Barman, said: “I do not have any information regarding rhino census in north Bengal. No body has intimated me about the project. I would ask the departmental officials about the census and accordingly arrangements would be made to conduct the census.”
According to forest officials, the department had conducted rhino census in Garumara National park in 2010 and after two years, a routine census would be conducted to know the exact population of rhino. In 2010 the total number of single horn rhinos was 36 in Garumara.
A senior forest official said the rhino census was conducted in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in 2011 and the next census would be conducted in 2013. In 2011 the total number of single horn rhino at Jaldapara was 155.
Mr Barman said he had a detailed census report on elephant population in north Bengal. “But I need to get detail information about the present number of rhinos,” he added.
statesman news service
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