Mumbai, Sep 4 (UNI) Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma is launching Rohit4Rhinos, a campaign to build awareness to conserve the greater one-horned rhinoceros or the Indian rhino, jointly with WWF India and Animal Planet.
In a campaign launching on Animal Planet to commemorate World Rhino Day on September 22, Rohit pledges to do his bit to save the 'vulnerable' species from extinction.
'There are approx 3500 Greateronehornedrhinos in the world today; 82% of them in India. Join me to batforrhinos on worldrhinoday and support measures to protect these animals in the wild. Log onto http://www.rohit4rhinos.org to support the cause. @WWFINDIA @AnimalPlanetIn,' , Rohit tweeted on Wednesday and asked for the support.