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Assam floods drown at least 13 rhinos

by IBNS 01 Aug 2016, 10:15 pm

Guwahati, Aug 2 (IBNS): At least 13 one horned rhinos have drowned in the prevailing Assam floods, reports said.

These rhinos are mostly calves, barely a year old.

The flood-hit Kaziranga forest houses approximately 2400 one horned rhinoceros, who are under threat as almost 70 percent of the park is underwater.