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The Asian Reporter Pacific Northwest News q Volume 31 Number 10 q October 4, 2021 q www.asianreporter.com Indian officials burn rhino horns to stop illegal trade BURNING MESSAGE. Thousands of rhino horns kept in government custody for decades are burned at an event to mark World Rhino Day in Bokakhat near Kaziranga National Park, in northeastern Assam state, India, on September 22, 2021. The horns were of rhinos that died of natural causes at Kaziranga and other smaller habitats across Assam as well as those confiscated from poachers. Kaziranga is the home of nearly 2,500 one-horned rhinos, the world’s largest habitat of the rare animal. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) stadium near the famed Kaziranga National Park. Rhino horns are sold by poachers in South Asia, China, By Wasbir Hussain The horns, which had been stored for years, were from Vietnam, and some other countries because of a belief that The Associated Press rhinos that died of natural causes at Kaziranga and other they contain an aphrodisiac and medicinal properties. AUHATI, India — Indian officials burned about smaller habitats across Assam state as well as those Sale of the horns is illegal in India. 2,500 old rhino horns last month to spread confiscated from poachers. “Trading in rhino horns must stop and the claim of these awareness of the need to protect the rare animal Kaziranga, 155 miles east of Gauhati, the Assam state horns having medicinal properties is false,” Sarma said. on World Rhino Day. Sarma decided to burn the horns to create more capital, is home to nearly 2,500 one-horned rhinos and is Dozens of Hindu priests performed rituals and chanted the world’s largest habitat for the rare animal. Armed awareness about the need to protect one-horned rhinos prayers as the top Assam state elected official, Himanta forest guards protect the rhinos, but poachers still and end poaching, said M.K. Yadava, Assam’s chief wildlife warden. Biswa Sarma, lit the fire on a large platform in a sports manage to kill some of them. G Please report all hate crimes committed against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. <www.stopaapihate.org> <www.doj.state.or.us> <www.ReportHatePDX.com> The Asian Reporter 922 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217 USA The Asian Reporter is published on the first Monday each month. COVID-19 VACCINE INFORMATION To learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations, reach out to https://vaccinefinder.org Oregon Call 211 or 1-866-698-6155 Visit covidvaccine.oregon.gov Washington Call (360) 236-4501 or 1-800-525-0127 Visit doh.wa.gov/coronavirus
