The World's top rhino reserve is Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India. Indian one horned rhino.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- More rhinos than anywhere else in the world at Kaziranga National Park. Our second visit, what has changed since 2009 the time of our first trip? It was declared as a UNESCO World heritage site in 1985. Created as a resulted of a visit by Lady Curzon, the British Viceroy's wife who visited Kaziranga in 1904 specifically to see the one horned rhino. She was unsuccessful. As a result she asked that the wildlife here be protected, her wish was granted and it was first established as a reserved forest in 1908. She died the following year aged 36 years old. But what a legacy, a great gift to the world, the protection of this wonderful species of rhino.
Contents of this video
00:00 Intro to Kaziranga
00:33 Where is Kaziranga National Park?
00:51 Animal corridors
01:34 Our Lodge and meeting our guides
02:43 How Kaziranga Park was created - Lady Curzon
03:37 Why Kaziranga is so successful?
04:10 Rhino, rhino, rhino ... about rhinos
05:10 Poachers want the horns
06:08 Kaziranga is also known for tigers, elphants ....
06:25 The largest population of Asiatic Wild Water buffalo
08:47 Vultures eating a buffalo calf
09:48 About the Bramaputra River
11:00 Buffer Zone on the north, none to the south. Why?
12:46 Bramaputra floods and Kaziranga Park wildlife
13:53 Beales or Ox-bow lakes of Kaziranga
14:33 Anti poaching guards and Kaziranga protection
15:24 Why the BBC were banned for 5 years from Tiger Reserves?
18:32 The one horned rhino
24:03 Tigers of Kaziranga
25:20 Changing vegetation and question of burning the grasslands
26:44 Touristy observation towers of Kaziranga
27:20 How India protects its tigers and ecosystems
28:36 Status of Tigers 2022 Report published April 2023
30:56 North East region of India issues
31:32 The 9 Tiger Reserves of North East India
32:18 What has changed since 2009?
33:05 Hope for tiger conservation
Our trip to Satpura, Pench, Tadoba, Kaziranga and Corbet, the five Tiger Parks of India. We also stopped at Nagpur, Kolkatta Culcutta, and Delhi:-
Part One - Our first Satpura Drive with a good sloth bears and cub sighting • Afternoon drive - Satp...
Part Two - Our 2nd Satpura Drive we see a massive herd of Guar or Indian Bisson • Satpura Tiger Reserve ...
Part three - Our third Satpura Drive we see a fish eagle with large fish • Satpura National Park ...
Part Four - Pench Tiger Reserve - We follow a tigress for 15 minutes as she scent marks • A Magnificent Tigress ...
Part Five - Pench Tiger Reserve - We follow a leopard on the hunt • Pench 1st drive - Part...
Part Six - Pench Tiger Reserve - we see a tiger and two leopards • Superb leopard sightin...
Part Seven - Pench Tiger Reserve - we see a distant leopard on a kill then lying up on rocks • 2 tigers & 1 leopard o...
Part Eight - Pench Tiger Reserve - A walk in Pench Forest with two Naturalist Rangers • Jungle Walk in Pench T...
Part Nine - Pench Tiger Reserve - Our last drive we learn about the elephant rangers of Pench • Pench Wildlife Park fi...
Part Ten - Tadoba Tiger Reserve - Two superb tiger sightings and the story of tiger human conflict • 2 superb tiger sightin...
Part eleven - Tadoba Tiger Reserve - Two superb tiger sightings and Tadoba's tiger human conflicts. • 2 superb tiger sightin...
Part twelve - Tadoba Tiger Reserve - a successful tiger ambush • Tigress ambushes cheet...
Part thirteen - Tadoba Tiger Reserve - Sloth Bear with two cubs in the Buffer Zone • Mother sloth bear with...
Part fourteen - Discovering Nagpur with street walk - • Nagpur Central Bazar R...
Late 17th and 18th century Calcutta • Late 17th century Calc...
Part fifteen - The world's best Rhino Reserve, Kaziranga National Park • The World's top rhino ...
Thank you for this very interesting and informative video! I learned a lot even though I just returned home from Kaziranga NP a few days ago. We were lucky enough to see a tiger there too. I found it to be an excellent park.
Thank you Beatrice. We loved it too. Have you been to any of the other parks we visited in March on our trip. I really appreciate you letting me know your thoughts on my video. Thank you.
Hello James, I have not visited the other parks you mentioned, although in 2019 I did visit Ranthambore, where just before closing time the guides managed to learn of a tiger bathing in the river, which we saw from quite a distance. I am actually just now in contact with the naturalist guide we had at Kaziranga, as I'm looking at my photos and zooming in, I see the tiger has 2 wounds. We also saw a rhino get injured by a male at Kaziranga. Thanks again for all the work that went into creating your outstanding video. @@JamesRattray
@@user-fb8kp2mo7b It sounds as though you had an eventful time. Interesting what the two wounds in the tiger were caused by. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Our guide at Kaziranga said he would show my photo to the Forest Department Office tomorrow, so I may have more of an idea then. @@JamesRattray
Too good! Kaziranga is my favourite Tiger Reserve in India. It is much more peaceful than any other place, and I have been to almost all Tiger Reserves.
Yes you are right the anti-poacher Special Task Force does a very dangerous job. It is risky because the poachers do not come alone, they come in groups of 30-40 people, all armed with submachine guns, assault rifles and snipers. They know that they will encounter armed guards, and they're prepared for it. And unlike the armed guards, they do not have any restrictions on carrying grenades or crude incendiary bombs. They come well armed, while the armed guards only have Ak-47s and a few magazines. It is a very, very tough job. The risk is very high and every year we lose many armed guards to poachers. You have been closely associated with the military and so you would know how an AK-47 is grossly ineffective againt SMGs and ARs in an open landscape that has tall and dense grass cover. Plus the BBC has been historically a nuisance for India, and I don't think it has ever published a single factually correct report in Indian affairs. Also, in the past, organisations like National Geographic have been known to take their jeeps off the designated forest roads, aggravated Tigers to get them to mock charge and things like that. So that is why Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) doesn't allow any non-Indian filmmaker to film in Indian jungles anymore. Filming is permitted but the crew has to be majority Indian. It's sad but necessary.
I have spent my entire childhood in the buffers of a Tiger Reserve known as Similipal (Odisha state). The people of the forests fear only three animals, Elephants, Bears and Water Buffaloes. These are the only animals in Indian forests with anti-human tempers, and will attack at the slightest provocation. Every part of India is different, and my area has it's own unique identity. It is a really, really fascinating topic. There are not many books available on this area, but I recommend "Sports and Adventures in the Indian Jungle" by Mervyn A. Smith. It is an extremely fascinating read and you can download the full pdf from Internet Archive. (It's copyright has expired and so it is available in the public domain) Trust me, it will be a very fascinating read.
Orion, fascinating. Your points about the anti poaching gangs, makes a point to a whole new level of conflict. Scary. Sadly we no longer watch the BBC news, often its programs include inaccuracies or distortions. I sympathise with what India has done. I will get that you recommend by Mervyn Smith. Thank you as always fascinating.
Corbett park is my next big edit. Trying to get my head round how I tell this story, as well as Corbett Park we went to Nainital and Kaladhungi to get a glimpse at where Corbett lived.
@@JamesRattray Yes the problem with the Northeast is easy access of modern weapons from Myanmar. Myanmar is in a civil war since decades, and many countries have given truckloads of their weapons to the rebels of their choice (the people they would like to see in power). Eventually, the rebels get tired and they sell all their weapons at vegetable markets on the Indo-Myanmar border. India has an open border policy with Myanmar for refugees and it opens an avenue for illegal high speciality guns. This is how the poachers of northeast get high end weapons to take on the armed guards. It is said that the poachers there are simple everyday villagers by day time but at night, they pick up their guns and head inside in groups. It is very, very hard to differentiate between a normal villager and a poacher. As of now, the poachers definitely have the edge.
As for the Corbett edit, I would humbly suggest a format of simply following the timeline of your journey and telling things as they happen, like short stories, exactly how Jim Corbett wrote his book "Jungle Lore". For Jim Corbett national park, you can add small tidbits of extra information. For Jim Corbett's house tour in Kaladhungi & other places, you can add a bit of a backstory with references of where he mentions the place, why he was there, etc.
@@orion7326 Frightening, how easy it is to pick up weapons. I don't envy those who are trying to protect the wildlife from poachers. They have my admiration and thanks.
Thank you for your suggestions on Corbett. I will add them to the mix. As always I really appreciate your comments and our discussions.
My copy of "Sports and Adventures in the Indian Jungle" by Mervyn A. Smith arrived just now. Already read a couple of the stories. Thank you for suggesting it, it is exactly what I enjoy reading.
it would be vnice if a permanent solution for the devastating floods could be found . assam is famous for its earthquakes too. im sure the present admin is excellent and will sirt something out.
That is really good to hear about the present admin, I wish them every success. Assam is such a lovely part of the world, lovely people and countryside.
i think these one horned rhinos are the reason behind the unicorn myth of the old times
An interesting thought, you never 😀know.
Hey! Did u remember me I hv guided u all guys in boat ⛵ ,,, brahmaputra river !!!!
I will do a video of the Bramaputra River cruise, it was great. Thank you