At the Mahi Miri Hall of the Forest Convention Centre in Kohora, the genetic sample verification of rhino horns that had been stockpiled in various State government coffers began a few days earlier.
In order to transfer the specimens to the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, for genetic studies, including DNA analysis, the rhino horns' genetic samples are being verified.
A senior forest official has been appointed as the chairman of a committee that has been established under the State's forest department. Experts in wildlife, scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India, forest officials and employees, non-governmental organization representatives, and four impartial observers make up the committee.
Dehradun will get the genetic samples from 2,479 rhino horn samples in order to assess the rhinos' habitat condition, genetic makeup, DNA strands, and breeding potential.
It is important to note that 2,479 rhino horns were burned in Bokakhat on September 22, 2021, in front of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
However, samples of those horns had been gathered and stored for scientific study in various treasuries under the control of the relevant DFOs before to being burned. A portion of those samples have now been gathered and will be sent to the Wildlife Institute of India for analysis.