Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a piece of positive news about the human-wildlife conflict on January 1. Special DGP G P Singh posted data on Twitter that showed last year was the first since at least 2000 in which there were no rhino poaching incidents in Assam. An Assam Forest Department release in 2021 said, "ground rhino horn is used in traditional Chinese medicine to cure a range of ailments, from cancer to hangovers, and also as an aphrodisiac"; in Vietnam, a rhino horn is considered a status symbol