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Assam Records Zero Rhino Poaching in 2025, IFR Report Declares Milestone
✍️ India Today NE
🗓 16 Sep 2026, 03:16 PM
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The International Fund for Rhino (IFR) report confirms that Assam saw no rhino poaching incidents throughout 2025, marking a significant conservation achievement for the state.
The International Fund for Rhino (IFR) released a year‑end assessment showing that Assam recorded zero rhino poaching cases in 2025. The data, compiled from forest‑department patrols and intelligence inputs, indicates that the state achieved a landmark in wildlife protection.
Authorities attribute the success to intensified anti‑poaching patrols, deployment of modern surveillance equipment, and community‑based monitoring programmes in key habitats such as Kaziranga and Manas National Parks. Coordination with central agencies and stricter enforcement of wildlife laws have also curbed illegal trade routes.
Conservationists view the outcome as a positive signal for the long‑term survival of the one‑horned rhinoceros, urging continued investment in habitat management and local livelihood alternatives to sustain the momentum in the coming years.
Authorities attribute the success to intensified anti‑poaching patrols, deployment of modern surveillance equipment, and community‑based monitoring programmes in key habitats such as Kaziranga and Manas National Parks. Coordination with central agencies and stricter enforcement of wildlife laws have also curbed illegal trade routes.
Conservationists view the outcome as a positive signal for the long‑term survival of the one‑horned rhinoceros, urging continued investment in habitat management and local livelihood alternatives to sustain the momentum in the coming years.