First case of rhino poaching this year: Female rhino killed in Assam's Kaziranga National Park

A female rhino was killed in Assam's Kaziranga National Park in the first case of rhino poaching this year.

The carcass of an adult female rhino, suspected to have been killed by poachers, with its horn missing, was detected inside Kaziranga National Park in Assam, senior officials said on Thursday.

This is the first case of suspected poaching of the world-famous one-horned rhino in Assam this year.