- Rhino DNA Indexing System (RhODIS), a DNA-based forensic tool to help Assam govt use it as evidence in rhino poaching cases
- Working of RhODIS demonstrated by 2 South African wildlife experts at Assam state zoo, tool to help compile unique DNA profile of rhinos into a database for using as a reference in rhino poaching cases
- Kaziranga National Park forest officials to be trained by experts on usefulness of RhODIS in the event of an investigations into rhino poaching case
- According to an estimate poachers killed and dehorned 41 rhinos in Assam and nearly 1,000 in S Africa in 2013. Assam has a population of about 2,553 rhinos
- In 2014 forest security officials in Assam has killed 14 poaches and arrested 6,7 firearms also recovered
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/dnabased-tool-to-probe-poaching/article6055175.ece
Exams Perspective:
- Rhino DNA Indexing System (RhODIS)
- Kaziranga National Park
- Poaching
- Dehorning