![]() ![]() ![]() Under this programme, the Assam Forest Department has partnered with Bodoland Territorial Council, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to address the threats facing Indian rhinos. The programme is an ambitious effort to attain a wild population of at least 3,000 greater one-horned rhinos spread over seven protected areas in the state by 2020. The sanctuary also runs a successful Rhino breeding programme called the "Indian Rhino vision 2020" within its premises. It has the highest density of one-horned rhinos in the world. The sanctuary is famous for its one-horned rhinos. A small portion of the sanctuary also passes through a village of Mayong. ![]() Located about 30 km east of Guwahati, the sanctuary is an hour drive along the River Brahmaputa. The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is a reserve in the Morigaon district of Assam. As Assam continues to reel under the devastating impact of floods, the Brahmaputra river has submerged 60 per cent of the rhino habitat Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary located in Morigaon district near Guwahati, Assam. ![]()
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