As many as 159 wild animals, including nine rhinos, have died so far at Kaziranga National Park due to floods in Assam, according to the park authority on Wednesday. The Field Director of Kaziranga National Park, Sonali Ghosh, said that so far, 159 wild animals have died in Kaziranga National Park due to flooding.
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00:45The flood situation is a little bit better because the water has,
00:50levels have receded, but still many of our camps,
00:54at least 55 camps are inundated.
00:57We have had a lot many rescued this time,
01:00out of which we have also had mortality around,
01:05I think if I look at my data, because I keep looking at it,
01:10135 animals we have rescued and 159 have died due to various causes,
01:15including drowning.
01:17There have been two road accidents.
01:20Among which animals have died during the flood time,
01:27nine rhino calves were also included here.
01:31Yes, so they are not, they can,
01:33I mean we cannot say that they are all rhino calf.
01:36They are natural, you know, drowned animals,
01:39which we have detected post when we have seen them.
01:43So there was no scope to even rescue them.
01:46But you all are aware that we have rescued two rhino calves,
01:50which had gone into the houses and we were successfully able to take them.
01:56And now they are under treatment at the Center for Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation.
02:00Out of the rescued animals, the many animals have been released after the treatment.
02:04Yes, yes, yes.
02:05So can you say something about this?
02:07Yeah, so I think, again I'll look at my data.
02:11So most of our animals, we don't keep them for long, you know.
02:15So we try to release them as soon as possible.
02:20And, just one second.
02:23So as of today morning, we have in the Center for Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation,
02:2886 animals were admitted, rescued, and 58 were released back after treatment.
02:35During the flood time, there are many animals that move towards the Kirby Hills neighborhood.
02:40Yes, yes.
02:41So is it after this, the water level is increasing now?
02:45So animals also come back to this national park?
02:50Yes, so as you are aware that this is a natural flood plain.
02:54Kaziranga is a natural flood plain, and it is connected to the Kirby Hills.
02:58So as part of the annual movement of the animals, this is their natural movement,
03:05that they move from the low ground to high ground.
03:09So it is not as if they are moving for the first time.
03:12For hundreds of years, they have moved from Kaziranga up to the Karbianglong landscape.
03:17Many of these animals have moved.
03:20They are staying in the lower areas, so they are either in the forest or the tea gardens.
03:25Many of them have moved up.
03:27We are also noticing that they are coming back, but it is not as if they are all coming back.
03:32So I think we'll have to wait for some more days before they can come back.
03:36So we can say that the overall situation is now under control and the water level is increasing?
03:42Yes, so the overall situation is under control.
03:45This time we have had a multi-pronged strategy, as you would be knowing,
03:49to how to look at the flood impact.
03:52So for example, we have the convoy system.
03:55So the convoy system is able to control and monitor the traffic population.
04:00We also have our sensor cameras in place.
04:03We have used the infrared drone this time in combination with our sensors
04:07so that the animal movement can be monitored and then we can regulate the traffic accordingly.
04:14We also have more forest front line in place.
04:18We have had people from neighboring divisions who have come in.
04:21Over 60 people front line have come in.
04:24The 3rd Sam Forest Battalion cadets, they have been brought in
04:28and they are being placed in the non-corridor areas.
04:31And also, other than that, we have had support of media, NGOs, local civil, VDPs
04:37and we have been making a sort of a combined effort to protect our animals.
04:49So as you know that we have over 200 of Vandurgas.
04:52Basically they are forest guards, foresters, SRPF.
04:57So these women guards are equally capable
04:59and they are doing all the duties that their male counterparts are
05:03either along the national highway or in the camps.
05:06And these Vandurgas have been doing great work since the flood has happened.
05:17Yes, yes.
05:18So for example, I mean all over, along the 35 km,
05:22we are requesting the people, the drivers to go slow,
05:26less than 40 km, if possible 20 km.
05:29And in places where we feel that there is likely to be, you know,
05:34over speeding or overtaking, that is the reason why we have this convoy system.
05:39Many forest camps have been inducted by the flood water.
05:42So any kind of these forest camps have been evacuated due to the heavy flood?
06:09We are now supplying them the ration, the medicine, you know, essential items.
06:14And we are going to do that today with the help of the local SDRF.
06:28Yes, we are thoroughly prepared and thoroughly alert.
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