GUWAHATI: A pair of
hand-
raised
rhinos, a male and female, have been
translocated
from
Kaziranga
National
Park
to
Manas
National
Park in
Assam.
The translocation was carried out by a joint team of Assam Forest department, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of
India, an official of the
Manas Natioanl
Park said on Wednesday.
The
rhinos were sent
from
Kaziranga on Sunday and released in
Manas on Tuesday, the official said.
These
rhinos were rescued during the 2016 floods in Assam and brought
to the Centre for Wildlife Research and Conservation (CWRC) in
Kaziranga, where rescued animals are
hand-
raised, rehabilitated, and sent back
to the wild.
"We are proud of each one who was a part of this successful translocation and we wish
to conserve wildlife and its habitat, and
to work for the welfare of individual wild animals," WTI spokesman Rathin Barman said.
The translocation of these two animals have raised rhino population
to 38 in
Manas
National
Park.