A total of 159 wild animals have died so far after drowning and undergoing treatment in the worst floods in Assam's famous Kaziranga National Park in recent years, while 133 others have been rescued till Tuesday, a The officer said.
The animal death toll has risen from 137 till Monday in the devastating second wave of floods that has affected the entire state.
The dead animals included nine rhinoceros, 142 hog deer, two sambar, one rhesus macaque and one otter.
A total of 22 animals have died during treatment and include 17 hog deer, three swamp deer and rhesus macaques and one otter pup.
Forest officials rescued 120 hog deer, three swamp deer, two cubs each of rhinoceros, sambar, elephant and scops owl and one each of Indian rabbit, rhesus macaque, otter and a wild cat.
Currently, 7 animals are under medical care while 111 others have been released after treatment, the official said.
The park has been experiencing its worst floods in recent years, with the last large-scale disaster occurring in 2017 when more than 350 wildebeest were swept away by flood waters and hit by vehicles while on their way to the highlands through animal corridors. Died while migrating.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that in a successful rescue operation carried out by the forest department of Sonitpur West division and the public in Tezpur, an elephant that had got separated from its herd was rescued and brought back to life three days later. Was reunited with his herd inside. Day.
The official said that out of a total of 233 camps in the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, 62 were still submerged as of Tuesday evening, as against 70 camps the previous day.
Forest department staff, including security personnel, stay in camps inside the national park to patrol for the protection of flora and fauna.
The animal death toll has risen from 137 till Monday in the devastating second wave of floods that has affected the entire state.
The dead animals included nine rhinoceros, 142 hog deer, two sambar, one rhesus macaque and one otter.
A total of 22 animals have died during treatment and include 17 hog deer, three swamp deer and rhesus macaques and one otter pup.
Forest officials rescued 120 hog deer, three swamp deer, two cubs each of rhinoceros, sambar, elephant and scops owl and one each of Indian rabbit, rhesus macaque, otter and a wild cat.
Currently, 7 animals are under medical care while 111 others have been released after treatment, the official said.
The park has been experiencing its worst floods in recent years, with the last large-scale disaster occurring in 2017 when more than 350 wildebeest were swept away by flood waters and hit by vehicles while on their way to the highlands through animal corridors. Died while migrating.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that in a successful rescue operation carried out by the forest department of Sonitpur West division and the public in Tezpur, an elephant that had got separated from its herd was rescued and brought back to life three days later. Was reunited with his herd inside. Day.
The official said that out of a total of 233 camps in the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, 62 were still submerged as of Tuesday evening, as against 70 camps the previous day.
Forest department staff, including security personnel, stay in camps inside the national park to patrol for the protection of flora and fauna.
