NEW DELHI: Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is quite impressed to see the Assam government’s efforts in stopping rhino poaching in the northeastern Indian state.
Taking to Instagram, the ‘Titanic’ star penned a note, applauding Assam’s accomplishment in ending the poaching of the endangered greater one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park.
He wrote, “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.”