Kaziranga National Park Suspends Elephant and Jeep Safari Activity on 29th February

News Update, KNP: In view of translocation operation of 2 (two) adult female rhinos from Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park under IRV 2020 scheduled with effective from 27/02/2020 to 01/03/2020, all tourist activities in Western Range, Bagori includes Jeep Safari and Elephant Safari will be closed on 29/02/2020 in the interest of smooth conduct of capture operation. Order has been passed by divisional forest officer Ramesh Kumar Gogoi Eastern Assam Wildlife Division Bokakhat to all forest authorities.

The Manas National Park that got its UNESCO (Natural) World Heritage Site tag in year 2011 is now an abode of 42 Rhinos, including rescued and rehabilitated. Manas National Park has revived because of the rhino introduction process. It has been a more than a decade since the translocation of two male rhinos to Manas from Pobitora in April 2008.

The process of translocation is the intentional release of the animal to the wild in an attempt to establish, re-establish or augment the population. Translocation of a rhino is not an easy process, and it has to follow strict international and national protocols. From 2008-2012, 10 rhinos have been translocated to Manas from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, and eight others from Kaziranga National Park.