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The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Center for Herpetology February 20, 2012 Established in 1976, the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Center for Herpetology focuses on promoting conservation of habitat and educating to lead towards sustainable conservation. Started by Romulus Whitaker, the Crocodile Bank has built a gene bank of three species of <strong>India</strong>n crocodiles for breeding, research, and veterinary work. They focus heavily on breeding endangered animals. The Croc Bank currently contains crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, snakes, and lizard species. Currently there are 2,003 crocodiles at the Croc Bank. The Croc Bank collaborates with the Forest Department to help reduce human crocodile conflict. When a villager spots a crocodile on their property, they will contact the Croc Bank or Forest Department, who will come and retrieve the animal. Due to their extensive emphasis on education, human crocodile conflicts have reduced as fewer villagers are likely to attempt to kill or harm crocodiles themselves. All villagers surrounding Chennai are in some way involved in the Crocodile Bank. The Crocodile Bank has also trained volunteers as the Irula snake catchers. These snake catchers used to collect and eat snakes and Romulus Whitaker trained them to capture snakes and collect their anti-venom. The volunteers are primarily international. MADRAS CROCODILE BANK TRUST CENTRE FOR HERPETOLOGY, MAMALLAPURAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA COLIN JAMES STEVENSON, DIRECTOR Sonia Joseph Joshi, photos by Michael McClellan 6
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY CHIDAMBARAM YOUTH WATER PROGRAM WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM PLEDGE February 21, 2012 Photos by Michael McClellan 1. I UNDERSTAND THE ILL EFFECTS OF WATER POLLUTION AND HENCE, I PLEDGE THAT HEREAFTER I WILL NOT TOLERATE THE FACTORS CAUSING WATER POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 2. I WILL USE THE BASIC NEEDED QUANTITY OF WATER AND ALSO CREATE AWARENESS AMONG MY CLASSMATES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER AND NEED FOR ITS CONSERVATION 3. I SWEAR TO UNDERTAKE RAINWATER HARVESTING STRUCTURES IN MY HOUSE AND PERSUADE MY VILLAGE PEOPLE FOR PROPER CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF RAINWATER HARVESTING IN THE VILLAGE IN GENERAL AND IN THEIR HOUSES IN PARTICULAR 4. I FURTHER PROMISE THAT I WILL USE WATER, JUDICIOUSLY BESIDES, TRY MY LEVEL BEST TO REDUCE THE EXHAUSTION AND COMPLETE AVOIDANCE OF PLASTICS. ALSO, I SHALL PLANT MORE TREES TO THE BEST POSSIBLE EXTENT WHICH WILL BE MY LITTLE PART IN REDUCING THE GLOBAL WARMING 5. I USE AND RECOMMEND OTHERS TO USE JUDICIOUS WAYS SO THAT TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF WATER TO MY FUTURE GENERATIONS 6. FINALLY, I STRONGLY TAKE AN OATH TO STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES WHICH I COME TO KNOW THROUGH THIS WATER AWARENESS PROGRAM 7
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