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Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary lies in Morigaon district of Assam which is situated on the border of Nagaon and Kamrup Districts in Assam. It is supposed to be the major wildlife stock, situated in a covering area of 38.8 Sq. km. The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is about 50 km from Guwahati. Though, the total notified area of the park is about 38.80 square kilometer but the remaining area is jagged with hillocks. Pobitora was declared a reserve forest in 1971 and a wildlife sanctuary ten years later.
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Pobitora is mainly famous for its great Indian one horned Rhinoceros. Besides Rhinoceros the other animals are Asiatic Buffalo, Leopard, Wild bear, civet cat etc. Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is also home to more than 2000 migratory birds and various reptiles. In Pobitora wildlife sanctuary, there are now 81 rhinos, a ten per cent increase over the last six years. These 81 rhinos are surviving on merely 16 square kilometer area of the park. Pobitora has exceeded its rhino-bearing capacity and is overpopulated. |
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The animals have begun moving outside the sanctuary in search of food, and chances of serious man-animal conflict are quite rife. Besides, the straying animals have the risk of contracting diseases that afflict domestic animals. The wildlife experts, however, regretted that the sanctuary is surrounded by villages on all sides and so there is little scope of expanding the protected area and this makes the animals more vulnerable to poachers than ever before.
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