Kaziranga lost over 500 rhinos in the last two decades of the twentieth century but the latest rhinoceros census in Kaziranga reported a gain of 12 rhinos since 2015.

How poaching has been curbed in kaziranga :-

1. The enforcement has reined in a battery of hostile informers used by the civil administration. In connivance with their controllers, this lot was apparently shielding poachers.
2. Protection act by the frontline staff and the police force of the neighbouring districts ever since 2001.
3. The park is also making efforts to monitor the wildlife by using drones since the officials believe the poachers are well-armed and on a constant lookout to strike.
4. Better landscape management and willing involvement of local communities in conservation efforts.
5. Present government broke the decade-long tradition of offering political patronage to monetise Kaziranga’s rhinos.
6. Assam government had amended the Wildlife (Protection) Act 2009 by raising the penalty for second offences against wildlife such rhino to minimum of seven years and maximum of life imprisonment and fines.
7. The state government had also installed gadgets such electronic eyes, used dog squads and set up a special task force to protect rhinos

Issues that need to be dealt to improve conservation in Kaziranga are:-

• The local issues such as:-porous border all around;lack of sophistication of equipment to deal with growing population around its fringe areas have always been challenges while tackling poaching and need to be dealt.
• But the new issues such as rising prices of rhino horns in the international market, easy availability of illegal arms, involvement of militant groups, use of sophisticated arms such as AK series rifles and silencers, counter fire on forest staffs, poor intelligence network must be fully addressed .
• Police need to provide enough priority to such trans-national crime. Majority of police personnel need to be aware that wildlife laws define the duties of police along with forest staffs.
• Need for effective coordination between police and forest officials for reducing poaching.
• Infrastructure update, use of new technology and creating new habitats for rhinos is recommended by forest officials.
• Growing conflict in and around Kaziranga between the interests and rights of local and indigenous people and the need to protect threatened species. So conservation need to consider human rights and social issues.