Monday, July 9, 2012

Floods kills 559 animals in Assam

The devastating monsoon floods in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam have killed at least 559 animals.
                           According to reports, carcasses of 14 rhinos, 475 hog deer, 30 wild boars, 5 porcupines, 1 wild buffalo, 1 elephant, 2 hog badgers, 10 swamp deer, 2 pythons, 18 sambers and a fox have been found so far. Besides, two rhinos were killed by poachers. The hunters, taking advantage of the floods, killed the pachyderms at Haldhibari and Karbi hills and chopped off their horns.       - full story

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