Write a short paragraph on poachers , kaziranga , trapping , killing rhinos , rhinos dying
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December 12, 2010. 4.30am. On that foggy winter morning, Bhupen Hazarika, a 27-year-old home guard deployed at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), had just woken up. He had to get ready to take charge from the night patrol team, which was returning to the Tutoni anti-poaching camp, in the Bagori range of the park. Suddenly, he heard some noise, in the distance.
Curious, he went out with his .303 rifle and a torch. A colleague of his from the night patrol team was taking cover behind a tree. As he looked around, Hazarika noticed a shadow, hidden in the tall grass to the right of his colleague, about to take aim at him. Without wasting a second, Hazarika opened fire at the shadow and started chasing another that leapt out of the bushes.
A couple of minutes later, when the figure did not stop despite repeated warnings, Hazarika shot him in the leg. The man fell, but before anyone could reach him, he put a pistol to his head and shot himself. He was later identified as Uttam Patir, a Mising tribal from Dhanbari village, 20 km away from where he died.
Two years later, Hazarika was given the Vanya Prani Mitra Award, constituted by the World Wildlife Foundation, India, and the Assam forest department in recognition of outstanding contribution to wildlife conservation.
Explanation:
poachers - Poaching has been defined as illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and a supplement for meagre diets. It was set against the hunting privileges of the nobility and territorial rulers.
Kaziranga - Kaziranga National Park is a protected area in the northeast Indian state of Assam. Spread across the floodplains of the Brahmaputra River, its forests, wetlands and grasslands are home to tigers, elephants and the world’s largest population of Indian one-horned rhinoceroses. Ganges River dolphins swim in the park’s waters. It’s visited by many rare migratory birds, and grey pelicans roost near Kaziranga village.
trapping - Animal trapping, or simply trapping, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, the fur trade, hunting, pest control, and wildlife management.
killing rhinos - Poachers are now being supplied by international criminal gangs with sophisticated equipment to track and kill rhinos. Frequently a tranquiliser gun is used to bring the rhino down, before its horn is hacked off, leaving the rhino to wake up and bleed to death very painfully and slowly.
Rhinos dying - Human activity has caused this dramatic decline in rhino numbers. Initially, numbers dropped due to hunting, but today the main threats to rhino are poaching and habitat loss. Poaching and illegal trade of rhino horn have increased sharply since 2007 and remain one of the major reasons rhino are still endangered today.
Explanation:
December 12, 2010. 4.30 am. On that foggy winter morning, Bhupen Hazarika, a 27-year-old home guard deployed at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), had just woken up. He had to get ready to take charge from the night patrol team, which was returning to the Tutoni anti-poaching camp, in the Bagori range of the park. Suddenly, he heard some noise, in the distance.
Curious, he went out with his .303 rifle and a torch. A colleague of his from the night patrol team was taking cover behind a tree. As he looked around, Hazarika noticed a shadow, hidden in the tall grass to the right of his colleague, about to aim at him. Without wasting a second, Hazarika opened fire at the shadow and started chasing another that leapt out of the bushes.
A couple of minutes later, when the figure did not stop despite repeated warnings, Hazarika shot him in the leg. The man fell, but before anyone could reach him, he put a pistol to his head and shot himself. He was later identified as Uttam Patir, a Missing tribal from Dhanbari village, 20 km away from where he died.
Two years later, Hazarika was given the Vanya Prani Mitra Award, constituted by the World Wildlife Foundation, India, and the Assam forest department in recognition of outstanding contribution to wildlife conservation.
Yet the apparent hero from the frontlines of the war against poaching was painted among the villains in a documentary BBC aired last month. Titled Killing for Conservation, the feature castigated Kaziranga authorities for "exceptional measures" against poachers and what amounted to 'shoot at sight' orders.