Rangers in India’s Kaziranga National Park don’t just put on a show of force to put off poachers. A new BBC documentary reveals that they can shoot trespassers on sight, IFL Science reports. The park, located in Assam, India, is one of the world’s most important wildlife sanctuaries and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It currently hosts two-thirds of the planet’s Indian rhinoceroses, whose population numbers are increasingly threatened by poaching and haibitat destruction. Despite the fact that the black market value of just 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of rhino horn is between $60,000 and $300,000, and that demand has never been higher, the Indian rhinoceros is definitely flourishing in Kaziranga....
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