These Photos, Videos Of Helpless Animals Escaping Kaziranga Show Extent Of Assam Flood Damage
The deadly Assam floods have flooded different parts of the Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage site, killing at least 51 wild animals though 102 animals have been rescued.
The deadly Assam floods have inundated different parts of the Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage site, killing at least 51 wild animals though 102 animals have been rescued.
Many tigers and rhinos had strayed into the nearby villages due to flooding of their habitats.
Officials of the Kaziranga National Park and the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said 95 per cent of the national park's 430 sq km area was now flooded, with traffic movement on the National Highway-37 near Kaziranga now suspended.
According to the officials, 45 hog deer, three wild boars and one rhino, one wild buffalo and a swamp deer perished in the floodwater. Of the rescued animals, 86 were hog deer.
A female rhino calf was separated from her mother due to high flood in the Agartoli range yesterday. As we could not locate the mother, team CWRC along with @kaziranga_ staffs rescued it and currently under care at our rescue centre-CWRC. @ParimalSuklaba1 @wti_org_India pic.twitter.com/LLPHrDPQ8Z
¡ª Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (@kaziranga_) July 15, 2020
One year old rhino was rescued near Sukani camp, Agartoli range. Our Vet @samshulwildvet has led the team. Kudos ???. @ParimalSuklaba1 @wti_org_india @vivek4wild @SaikiaRohini @rathinbarman @iam_Pirai @ritupabanborah pic.twitter.com/X4FuhjroNY
¡ª Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (@kaziranga_) July 14, 2020
Rising water levels in the park areas had forced three sub-adult tigers to stray into a goat-shed in Kandolimari village and nearby areas.
"Two of the tigers have already been driven back into the park area and efforts are on to locate the third tiger," Sivakumar told IANS over phone.
Two more tigers strayed out into village today (one in Baghmari and another in Kuthori). Kaziranga staffs along with our recuse team(CWRC @wti_org_india)are on field. One is successfully guided towards Karbi hill. Our team is working tirelessly to send the other safely to jungle. pic.twitter.com/ibFe86kpD1
¡ª Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (@kaziranga_) July 14, 2020
A sub adult tiger has entered inside a goat shed in Kandolimari Village (Agartoli Range) to escape flood. Committee is constituted to monitor the situation on regular basis. Utmost care is being taken to ensure safety of both people and Tiger. @ParimalSuklaba1 @GolaghatPolice pic.twitter.com/kBV7uvtK57
¡ª Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (@kaziranga_) July 13, 2020
Formed in 1908, the Kaziranga National park, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985, is home to more than 2,200 one-horned Indian rhinoceros, approximately two third of the total world population.
Each year, the monsoon floods inundate the National Park, located on the edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspots of Golaghat and Nagaon district, forcing a large number of the wild animals to leave the park and head towards the nearby hills in Karbi Anglong district by crossing National Highway-37 that passes near the park's boundary.
According to the officials, 45 animals, mostly hog deer, were injured due to flood and one by vehicle hit.
Heavy monsoon rains over the past few weeks have led to massive flooding of the north-eastern state, inundating 2,763 villages and affecting around 24 lakh people and 103,806 hectares of crop area in 27 of its 33 districts.
