While one rhino was killed in the park on Sunday night, poachers killed the other in Burapahar range of the park on Wednesday night, barely 30 km from a private tourist resort adjacent to the park where the British royal couple was lodged.
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But just a few hours after the Royal couple’s departure, a rhinoceros was shot dead by poachers at the sanctuary.
BRITAIN’S Prince William and Princess Kate jumped into a jeep on Wednesday (April 13) for a wildlife safari that included feeding rhino and elephant calves, during the latest leg of their India tour.
When they arrived at the scene, they found the deceased and de-horned animal and upwards of a hundred spent AK-47 cartridges. They later interacted with forest guards on anti-poaching measures.
Two rhinos were killed in the park this week while the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge-Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton were visiting the park. Last year, 17 rhino lost their lives.
The horns can reportedly fetch millions of pounds on the black market. However, Kaziranga, a Unesco World Heritage Site, has been in focus due to frequent killing of rhinos by poachers.
The royal couple were lodged at Diphlu River Lodge near Kaziranga National Park on Tuesday night.
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A veterinary surgeon, who conducted most of the post mortems of the rhinos, told NDTV, “We have noticed that a lot of times, when the horn is sawed off, the skull is also fractured”. There have also been talks of drone surveillance at the national park.
