Dont look for snakes in this national park.

[snake-5]

http://www.24.com/news/?p=tsa&i=494923

WorldPoachers to be shot on sight2007-4-23 18:20Kaziranga - An Indian state has ordered the wardens of a national wildlife park to shoot poachers of endangered one-horned rhinos on sight, said officials on Monday.
"A massive anti-poaching operation has been launched with orders issued to shoot-on-sight any unauthorised person inside Kaziranga's premises," said Rockybul Hussain, northeastern Assam state's forest minister.

Six rhinos have been killed by poachers in the 430-square-kilometre Kaziranga park since January, including two in the past 10 days.

Hussain said he had deployed 50 rangers and 30 soldiers for anti-poaching operations in Kaziranga, home to an estimated 1&nbap;855 rhinos.

Experts believe the rhino's horns, which are purportedly an aphrodisiac, are smuggled to China or sold in other clandestine Asian markets.

Buyers from the Middle East also use the horns to make ornamental dagger handles. Estimates suggest the horns can sell for up to $35 000 per kg.

Battling poachers

Five rhinos were poached last year and seven were killed in 2005.

About 500 rhinos have been killed by poachers over the past 20 years, according to government estimates.

Kaziranga lies about 220 km east of Assam's largest city of Guwahati.

India's western state of Gujarat is also battling poachers. It stepped up security in its Gir forest reserves last week following the mysterious deaths of around a dozen rare Asiatic lions.
AFP

About time if u ask me.

[Troechka]

Well done to say the least!!

[Bushviper]

If I am not mistaken 5 white rhino were poached in Kruger Park last year.

When will these people learn that viagra works and rhino horn does not.

Possibly if we started shooting on sight the poaching would get less.

[Bushbaby]

Yup, shooting on sight will surely help with the poaching problem... and cleaning the gene pool while they're at it!!

[froot]

Heard a story from up in Zim a few years ago when the place was still ok. After capturing poachers the rangers would tie them to a tree and leave them for the lions and hyenas that night. Nothing like justice hey.

[gaboon]

I'm happy to volunteer. Dont have a gun but will use a brick

[snake-5]

lol@gaboon, my brother used to know a guy who did anti-poaching in the Congo, the stories were chilling even to me which says a lot, today he has been on major anti-depressants and such from what they used to do, scary stories i tell you.

[Bushviper]

Yip and the animals that were poached are not on anti-depressants because they are dead!

The live ones are not on anti-depressants either because they are happy to be alive.

[snake-5]

LOL@bv