From Our Correspondent
Guwahati: The rare Indian bison has reappeared in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam after over 25 years much to the cheers of the wildlife conservationists and Park officials.
The director of Kaziranga Park, N K Vasu confirmed that images of a huge male Indian bison were recorded by camera traps installed in the Park to monitor the tiger population.
The bison was recorded by camera traps located in Bagori range of the Park.
The official said that Bison was believed have gone extinct in the KNP since there was no sighting of the animal in the Park for over 25 years.
He said presence of 25 India bisons was recorded during the rhino census carried out in the Park in the year 1978 and after that there hasn’t been any official record of sighting of Indian Bison in the Park.
Bison used to roam around plenty in the sprawling Kaziranga forest area (located in Brahmaputra flood plains) many decades back when the forest was linked with forest of Karbi Anglong hills to the south as bisons are known to prefer a habitat that comprises of plains and hills.
But because of growing human activities in the area between Kaziranga and Karbi Anglong, bison gradually became extinct from forest areas of Kaziranga.
Now, with the confirmed presence of a huge male Bison in the Park, the authorities believe that there will be presence of few more such animals including females.
