The Assam floods have devastated human life and wildlife drastically.
The Kaziranga National Park has been wiped out due to the floods killing more than 60 animals.
Locals report seeing some animals wandering outside the park.
“Due to floods, 80% of Kaziranga National Park is submerged in water,” Director of Kaziranga National Park P Sivakumar said. He added that “so far, 66 animals have died and 170 animals rescued.”
According to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) , a female rhino calf was separated from her mother in the Agartoli range. However, staff of CWRC and Kaziranga National Park rescued it. As of now, it is under care in CWRC’s rescue centre.
Herd of elephants were seen making their way out of this massive puddle of water.
A herd of #elephants making their way through a flooded village in #Majuli, #Assam. Video via honorary wildlife warden Kaushik Baruah but source unknown @the_hindu @abaruah64 pic.twitter.com/SbSSrzCtzG
— Rahul Karmakar (@rahconteur) July 13, 2020
A tiger was spotted taking shelter under a shed.
Assam: 📸 A tiger taking shelter, temporarily, at a goat shed at Agartoli Range in #Kaziranga, to escape floods.
The tiger 🐅 later moved away from the shed.Park Authorities took utmost care in ensuring safety of both people and the Tiger.
Video:Kaziranga Management pic.twitter.com/Gfe6lKVKk0
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) July 13, 2020
The Assam State Management says that 27 out 33 districts are heavily flooded and more than 2700 villages are submerged in water.
Bloomberg reported that at least 77 people are dead and more than 2 million are displaced.
Source: ANI