Thirty-five new rhinos: the park that lost its rhinos is hearing baby footsteps again

Manas National Park in Assam, India, once lost its rhinos entirely. Now rangers are counting the comeback in the sweetest possible unit: 35 rhino births, a new generation growing up in grasslands their species had vanished from. The revival rests on years of planned reintroduction, scientific monitoring and habitat care — and experts say linking Manas's herd with populations in Kaziranga and Pobitora will keep the gene pool healthy. Births alone don't guarantee a future, they caution; the grasslands, water and anti-poaching work have to hold. But a park that was silent now has calves at their mothers' heels.

SDG 15 · Life on land — Mechanism: institutional program