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The Asian Reporter Pacific Northwest News q Volume 27 Number 21 q November 6, 2017 q www.asianreporter.com Three rhino calves survive Indian floods, sent to zoo Habitat destruction orphans orangutans Page 2 Armisen startled to find he’s a “quarter Korean” Page 3 RESCUED RHINO. A female rhino calf drinks milk after arriving at the state zoo in Gauhati, India. One male and two female one-horned rhinoceros calves, who were rescued during monsoon floods over the past two years from a famed wildlife preserve in India’s northeast, have been transported to a local zoo for breeding. The three — one and two years old — were put in cages on three different trucks and brought to the zoo from the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation, said Tajas Maris- wamy, a regional forest officer. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Gauhati, the capital of Assam state, from more than 2,500 one-horned rhinoceroses By Anupam Nath the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and as well as many other species, gets flooded The Associated Press Conservation near Kaziranga National by heavy monsoon rains which force AUHATI, India — Three Park, said Tajas Mariswamy, a regional animals to move to higher ground. India’s rhinoceros calves, rescued during forest officer. monsoon season runs from June through monsoon floods over the past two Injured or orphaned wild animals are September. years at a famed wildlife preserve in treated at the center and returned to their S.M. Singh, director of the park, said India’s northeast, have been transported natural habitats or to adopted homes. that during this year’s monsoons 32 rhinos to a zoo as part of a conservation pro- The Gauhati Zoo already has eight died because of floods. gram. Forest guards rescued seven rhinos with rhinoceroses. The calves, between one and two years Every year, Kaziranga National Park, varying injuries and sent them to the old, were taken by trucks to the zoo in which has the world’s largest population of center for recovery and rehabilitation. G Hmong pop singer gains popularity Page 7 2018 Medicare & Marketplace Annual Open Enrollment Call for FREE assistance! Physical Therapy & Massage (503) 610-6144 Tina VanPhung, Principal Broker 1827 N.E. 44th Avenue, Suite 110 Portland, OR 97213 tina@nw365insurance.com NPN: 15821312 The Asian Reporter 922 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217 USA Dr. Lina Tran, DC Auto & Work Injuries 4124 SE 82nd Ave., #700 Portland, OR 97266 (Inside Eastport Plaza) (503) 206-8863 6035 SW 185th Ave. Aloha, OR 97078 (Farmington Rd. & 185th) (503) 992-6080 AccidentWellness.com