$1 million How Leonardo DiCaprio’s $1 million helped fight elephant poaching
- Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation donated $1 million in 2014 to help fight the poaching of African elephants for ivory.
- The money went to the Elephant Crisis Fund, supporting projects against poaching, ivory trafficking and demand for ivory.
- At the time, nearly 100 African elephants were being killed each day for their ivory, with populations falling sharply.
- The fund backed measures including aerial surveillance to detect poachers, sniffer dogs to find ivory and campaigns to reduce demand.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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