A poacher responsible for several recent rhino deaths at India’s Kaziranga National Park, home to the world’s largest population of the greater one-horned rhino, was finally caught last Thursday.
The man behind the rhino killings is a 45-year-old man, Parci Ronfar. According to the officer in charge of the police station where he was arrested, Ronfar organized poaching groups along the southern side of the park, Karbi Anglong.
Over the last year, he’s likely contributed to the death of 3 rhinos in the park.
Although he was arrested twice before, hopefully, this time it’s for good. As a most wanted poacher, the local Jakhalabandha police and a special task force teamed together to track him down and bring him into custody. In the process of the investigation, the team also found one .315 rifle and 18 rounds of live ammunition.
Picture of greater one-horned rhino by Ted via Flickr, CC by SA 2.0.
Keeping poachers like Ronfar at bay is important for the greater one-horned rhino’s survival. With just around 200 left, the species was near extinction by the late 1990s. Getting tough on poachers like Ronfar has helped the species recover. Today, 3,500 greater one-horned rhinos are left and 1,200 of them reside in Kaziranga National Park. To maintain the successful recuperation of the species, pursuing poachers and following other conservation efforts is essential.
Aside from taking down poachers, India’s Ministry of Environment and the World Wildlife Fund and other stakeholders to are repopulating other areas, such as Manas National Park in northeastern India, to disperse the rhino population and help smaller, isolated populations grow and diversify.
YES!! THAT PIG NEEDS TO DIE IN PRISON ???
Please do not insult pigs. Pigs are noble creatures. Yeah that POS needs to die in prison but get bent first.
So inhumane and cruel
This is wonderful news! I am so glad this horrible man has been caught and hopefully dealt with severely and never let go from prison!
Thank you to those who persisted and caught him!
thois miserable human like pos needs to be killed slowly . but he will pay someone off get out and start all over again !! this was a big show to appease animal lovers this maggot had more than enough chances . KILL HIM !
He needs to be put in a locked room with a Rhino.
Hope he rots in prison.
GOOD! Now keep him in jail…like forever!!!!
KILL THE SOB BEFORE HE GETS OUT OF JAIL AND KILLS MORE WILDLIFE! DEATH TO HIM LIKE HE GAVE TO THOSE
POOR RHINO’S….
Lets start a rumour that animal poachers brains make good aphrodisiacs. Maybe there will be a big demand for it in China.
Well when you mix the brains with aphrodisiacs and then feed them to some chinese guy he will take care of passing on the rumor as fact. 🙂 Yes that is a good rumor to pass around as fact.
Excellent idea, Shaun! The only thing I would add is that the longer the poacher suffered prior to death, determines the “strength ” of the aphrodisiac.
Hooray!
Death penalty, please!
This is so Wonderful let tem sit the scum of the earth
Wonderful
Rhinos are wonderful animals and poaching is a no no from me. Please make sure this monster is jailed for a very long time to show other poachers what will happen to them.
THANK YOU, Jakhalabandha police and a special task force!
This poacher deserves maximum punishment! I hope he is not going to see any day light ever again!
Take out all of his teeth with a Plier.
This sadist, sociopath murderer POS deserves a slow, agonizing death, like tying it to a pole and burning him alive! This will send a clear message to all poachers: DEATH SENTENCE!
Do the world a favor and shoot the motherfucker with his own gun. Poach the poachers and put their families in prison because they are complicit and don’t deserve to live freely.
Thank you for helping to save these Rhinoceros.
Good work by the authorities that caught this coward. Why was he attested and released before? Now put him in jail for life he deserves nothing less.