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- The CWRC near Kaziranga National Park has completed 20 years of providing emergency care, treatment and rehabilitation to indigenous wild animals displaced due to various reasons.
About CWRC
- It is a joint initiative of the Assam Forest Department, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- It was established on August 28, 2002.
- Facilities :It currently has two satellite facilities called mobile veterinary services. These are located in eastern Assam at Guijan in Tinsukia district (Dibru Saikhowa National Park) and in western Assam at Charaikhola (Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary).
- Achievements : It continues to be the only facility in India to have successfully addressed the welfare and conservation of 357 species including elephant, leopard, rhino, tiger, clouded leopard, black bear, wild buffalo, hog deer, muntjac, wild boar and monkeys.
- It has so far handled 7,397 animals out of which 4,490 (65%) could be sent back to the wild after proper care and treatment.
- It has become a model now in the field of wildlife conservation and its needs in Assam.
Kaziranga National Park
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Source:TH
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