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REPORT OF THE WILDLIFE WEEK CELEBRATIONA Brief Report from ShimlaSantosh Kumar Sahoo*Conservation Himalayas, Shimla celebrated the 50 thanniversary of the “Wildlife Week in India” onOctober 1, 2004 jointly with Shimla Y.M.C.A. Theprogramme was held in the programme hall of theY.M.C.A at Shimla. Forty students of 9-12 standardclass and six school teachers representing sixdifferent schools in Shimla (GSSS, Tutu; GSSS,Mashobra; D.A.V. Sr. Sec. Public School, LakkarBazar; Laureate Public School, Bharari; J.C.B. Sr.Sec. Public School, New Shimla; and KendriyaVidyalaya) participated in this three-hoursprogramme. Prof. S.P. Bhardwaj, AssociateDirector ( Res. & Ext), Regional HorticultureResearch Station at Mashobra, was the Chief Guestfor this programme. The theme of this indoorworkshop was “Endangered Wildlife (Bats, Tigersand Primates) & Community Role.”The programme was divided in three parts: LCDPresentation on bats, tigers and primates by Dr.Santosh Kumar Sahoo; Interactive question-answersession with the students; and workshop groupactivities on tigers. Before starting the programmethe students were asked to make five animalgroups (Jackal, Wolf, Hen, Crow and Tiger) bychoosing their group members through thecorresponding animal vocalization. Each group hadeight members. Students remained in the samegroup throughout the programme session. Sincealtogether it was a novel type of exposure for theparticipating students to know about bats, tigersand primates. Everybody participated with keeninterest to know about the bats, tigers and primates.During the workshop session, our attempt was toconvey the message to the students that theyshould not only accelerate their knowledge aboutthe endangered wildlife, but they should also beinvolved in the wildlife conservation programmedirectly or indirectly in one context or another. TheLCD Presentation on bats attracted manyparticipants who vowed to do their best to protectthe existing habitats of bats. The LCD presentationon tigers surprised everybody as all of themadmitted that they had never imagined that theabout 95% of the tiger population had disappearedfrom the tiger range habitats and the remaining 5%population lives under threatened conditioned. Asthe presentation highlighted about the tiger body parttrade as “Number-one threat” to the remaining tigerpopulation, the students reacted emotionally andpledged that they will spread this message toeverybody they meet, discourage any one who usesor is trying to use any product made from tiger bodyparts.The students participated in “Fix the Tiger RangeMap” workshop activity. At the end of theprogramme each participant was given three setsof Educational kits (Primates, Tigers and bats) ofthe Zoo Outreach Organization along with thecertificates, ZOO posters on Bats ‘n’ Rats ZOOcalendar and LTM poster of the ConservationHimalayas.* Chairman, Conservation Himalayas, VermaNiwas, New Mashobra, Shimla 171 007,Himachal Pradesh
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Page 9 and 10: Report of the Bat Education Program
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