<p>Guwahati: Police have arrested a villager who had recently attacked a one-horned rhino that strayed with a spear leading to its death, near Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. </p>.<p>The female rhino, aged about 30 years, strayed out of the park in search of food recently. </p>.<p>Director of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve Sonali Ghosh said Naren Saikia, a 47-year-old resident of Lokhorakhonia village situated near the park, had sprayed a spear on the rhino on November 24 evening when it ventured into the area. The carcass of the rhino was found on Thursday by forest personnel near the Teteliguri anti-poaching camp inside the park, which is situated about one kilometre away.</p>.Assam receives 9 Guinness World Records certificate in tree plantation.<p>"A search was carried out by the forest staff by using drones and elephant patrolling and the carcass was detected at around 2.30 pm on Thursday," said a statement issued by Ghosh. </p>.<p>Saikia was arrested on November 26 and was remanded to judicial custody.</p>.<p>"The post-mortem suggested that the death of the rhino was caused due to the injury on its left flank back and rear portion of the stomach with a deep penetration of the weapon (spear) across skin and ribs. Further samples have been collected for DNA analysis," said the statement. </p>.<p>The rhino census in 2022 found 2,613 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, a Unesco World Heritage site and Assam's biggest tourist attraction. </p>.<p>Straying of rhinos, elephants, tigers and other wild animals to the fringe villages, however, has led to many incidents of human-animal conflicts. Several persons have been injured by wild animals while the villagers resorted to violent means to tackle the animal attack. </p>
<p>Guwahati: Police have arrested a villager who had recently attacked a one-horned rhino that strayed with a spear leading to its death, near Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. </p>.<p>The female rhino, aged about 30 years, strayed out of the park in search of food recently. </p>.<p>Director of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve Sonali Ghosh said Naren Saikia, a 47-year-old resident of Lokhorakhonia village situated near the park, had sprayed a spear on the rhino on November 24 evening when it ventured into the area. The carcass of the rhino was found on Thursday by forest personnel near the Teteliguri anti-poaching camp inside the park, which is situated about one kilometre away.</p>.Assam receives 9 Guinness World Records certificate in tree plantation.<p>"A search was carried out by the forest staff by using drones and elephant patrolling and the carcass was detected at around 2.30 pm on Thursday," said a statement issued by Ghosh. </p>.<p>Saikia was arrested on November 26 and was remanded to judicial custody.</p>.<p>"The post-mortem suggested that the death of the rhino was caused due to the injury on its left flank back and rear portion of the stomach with a deep penetration of the weapon (spear) across skin and ribs. Further samples have been collected for DNA analysis," said the statement. </p>.<p>The rhino census in 2022 found 2,613 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, a Unesco World Heritage site and Assam's biggest tourist attraction. </p>.<p>Straying of rhinos, elephants, tigers and other wild animals to the fringe villages, however, has led to many incidents of human-animal conflicts. Several persons have been injured by wild animals while the villagers resorted to violent means to tackle the animal attack. </p>