Kaziranga National Park makes public a list of 323 poachers

#KazirangaNationalPark #onehornedrhino #rhinopoachers Number of rhinos killed in the Kaziranga National Park has been increasing over the years and from only five in 2011, it has gone up to 27 in 2013 as well as 2014. Total rhino population in 2013 was 2320.
The Kaziranga National Park is a World Heritage Site and has the largest number of one-horned rhinos and, the Park authorities have, for the first time, made public a list of 323 poachers. A explained by Assam chief wildlife warden R.P. Agarwalla, the whole idea of making the list public is to build "social pressure" so that people know the identity of those who are indulging in such activities.
The list apparently has names of suspected, accused, arrested or wanted persons who have been found to be or suspected to be involved in poaching activities in the park in the past few years. The source of the names are varied and majority are believed from the Karbi Anglong and Sonitpur districts.
Moreover, apart from the names of poachers from various districts of Assam, there are names of people from neighboring Nagaland and Mizoram also.
Obviously, it is a huge network because in the northern side there is River Brahmaputra with its numerous islands/ saporis. There is also a very large population of traditional fishing communities all along the river and there are fears that some of them may be potential fieldmen to the poachers.