Guwahati: The support of fringe villagers is crucial if the laudable eight-year trend of “zero rhino poaching’ has to continue in respect of Assam’s Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary (WLS), where the density of one-horned rhino population is highest on the planet.
This was highlighted by Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Guwahati Wildlife Division Jayashree Naiding, who was addressing a sensitization programme organised by Aaranyak, in collaboration with Pobitora WLS authority, for local villagers of Pobitora, Morigaon Police, and Village Defence Organisations (VDOs).
The programme was organised at Mayong in Morigaon district of Assam on Sunday.
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