Three rhino calves,including two females, rescued during the 2019 Assam floods will soon be released into the wild.
The rhinos, rescued near the Kaziranga National Park, will be kept at a livestock enclosure for a stipulated period of habituation before their final release into the Manas Tiger Reserve in Barpeta district, a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) statement said.
They underwent two-year-long rehabilitation at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation, Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve Director P Sivakumar said.
“This is the right time to release the calves into the wild as they will soon be developing horns,” he was quoted as saying.
The calves will undergo a medical check-up and will be marked before they are released, he said.
“We have augmented Manas with 19 rhinos since 2006, out of a total population of 44 in the tiger reserve,” he added.