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Poachers Kill Six Rare Rhinos in India
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Poachers Kill Six Rare Rhinos in India |
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April 18, 2007 - By Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press
GAUHATI, India
Authorities are searching for poachers who have killed six rare one-horned rhinoceros in the past four months in a protected game reserve in India's northeastern Assam state, the state's chief warden said Tuesday.
Two of the animals were killed in the past week inside the famed Kaziranga National Park, a 166-square mile habitat, said M.C. Malakar, Assam state's chief wildlife warden.
A spurt in poaching has surprised authorities because only five rhinos were killed in 2006 and seven in 2005.
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