Leonardo DiCaprio praises Assam govt's efforts in stopping rhinoceros poaching in Kaziranga National Park

By  India Blooms News Service   Feb 11, 2023

Guwahati/Los Angeles: Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, who is also an ardent environmentalist, has appreciated the Assam governments efforts in stopping rhinoceros poaching in Kaziranga National Park.

Appreciating the government, the Titanic actor wrote on Instagram: 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. In 2022, they met their goal and no rhinos were poached in the area for the first time since 1977.

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Kaziranga National Park is home to 2,200 Greater One-horned Rhinos, which is about two-thirds of the worlds population, he said.

This triumph in India also comes with more good news, as @wwf 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 said.

The actor also posted an image of a rhinoceros on Instagram.

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. The park, which hosts two-thirds of the worlds great one-horned rhinoceroses, is a World Heritage Site.