In Kaziranga, An Orphanage Raises Baby Rhinos Till They’re Ready To Go Back Into The Wild
by The Daily Eye Team March 29 2017, 12:30 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 28 secsLast year, raging monsoon floods submerged nearly 80% of Kaziranga National Park. Unable to access drier highlands in time, more than 450 animals – including 26 rhinos, 363 hog deer, 14 swamp deer and 21 wild pigs – drowned in the floodwaters unleashed by the River Brahmaputra, which marks the park’s northern boundary. Many animals were also killed by speeding vehicles while trying to cross a national highway to escape the flood. This highway, NH 37, forms the southern boundary of the park, separating it from the wooded highlands of the Karbi Anglong hills.