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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dicaprio-donates-to-tiger-cause.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Leonardo DiCaprio won praise from Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin for his efforts to save the tiger (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-dicaprio-donates-to-tiger-cause.jpg" alt="Leonardo DiCaprio won praise from Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin for his efforts to save the tiger (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Leonardo DiCaprio endured two flight dramas to reach a summit devoted to saving the world&#8217;s tigers and donated one million dollars (£630,000) to the cause.</p>
<p>The Hollywood star just managed to make the meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, where a plan was agreed to save the big cats from extinction.</p>
<p>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Leonardo had arrived on Tuesday following problems with two of his flights.</p>
<p>The star was one of more than 200 people aboard a Moscow-bound Delta airlines flight that had to return to New York&#8217;s John F Kennedy airport on Sunday when other pilots reported seeing a flash in one engine of the departing plane.</p>
<p>The actor then took a private jet that had to land in Finland early Tuesday for refuelling because of strong winds.</p>
<p>&#8220;Not everyone would be willing to take a plane again after what Mr DiCaprio experienced, but he did,&#8221; the Russian Prime Minister told the audience at a rock concert dedicated to the tiger conservation effort. &#8220;Here, in Russia, we call such a person a &#8216;real man&#8217;.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If wildlife and tiger conservation is in the hands of people with such character, we are destined to succeed,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Leonardo committed one million dollars to conservation group WWF to help support anti-poaching efforts and protect tiger habitat, the group said in a statement.</p>
<p>He has already helped the group raise millions for tiger conservation earlier this year.</p>
<p>The number of tigers worldwide has plunged some 95% over the past century, to just 3,200 tigers living in the wild. The Global Tiger Recovery Program estimates the 13 nations countries will need about £222 million in outside funding in the first five years of the 12-year plan.</p>
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