Oscar winning Hollywood actor and environment activist Leonardo DiCaprio has lauded the Assam government for its efforts that has resulted in no poaching of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros in the Indian state in 2022.<\/p>\n
The Assam government on January 1 announced that for the first time since 1977, there was no case of poaching of the animal in the state in 2022.<\/p>\n
The actor took to Instagram, where he said: “In 2021, the government of the Indian state of Assam set out to end the poaching of the Endangered Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park following the killing of around 190 animals for their horns between 2000 and 2021.”<\/p>\n
“In 2022, they met their goal and no rhinos were poached in the area for the first time since 1977.”<\/p>\n
The actor called it “good news”.<\/p>\n
“Kaziranga National Park is home to 2,200 greater one-horned rhinos, which is about two-thirds of the world’s population. This triumph in India also comes with more good news, as @wwf (World Wildlife Fund) also reports that the world population of the rare rhino soared to around 3,700 from about 200 at the turn of the 20th century,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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