Apart from the Taj Mahal, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their visit to India and Bhutan will also be visiting Kaziranga National Park in Assam, reports The Telegraph. The visit that is scheduled on April 13 around the Assamese New Year, will encompass a trip to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation and an elephant clinic.
Prince William and Kate Middleton will use this opportunity to dispel any notion of rhino horn being helpful medically.
First of all, we don’t think that rhino horn has any medicinal property, so the question of greater one-horned rhino horn having more potency over the African one doesn’t arise. It would be great if other prominent figures also speak up against rhino-horn trade, and stop the onslaught on rhinos in Assam and in other states.Dipankar Ghose, Director, Species and Landscapes Programme, WWF-India
The year 2016 has been a brutal year for India’s famed
rhinos in Assam. A little over three months into the year, five rhinos have already
been killed by poachers. Poachers killed at least 1,305 rhinos in Africa in
2015, the highest number in decades, according to reports released in January. Read the full report here.
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