Jamshedpur । International Tiger Day is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July. Tigers are on the brink of extinction and International Tiger Day aims to bring attention to this fact and try to halt their decline by spreading awareness among the general public through different medium.
Tata Steel Zoological Park is constantly working towards spreading awareness about wildlife and nature conservation since its establishment to achieve its prime goal. To further this cause, today we celebrated series of events on the occasion of International Tiger Day with mass participation of PG students of Zoology from Jamshedpur Co-operative College with their accompanying professor Dr. Amar Kumar, Head of Dept. of Zoology. A total of 50 PG students participated in the programme.
The programme was kick-started by planting tree saplings of native species in the under constructed enclosure. Prior to the plantation, the participants were explained about the need of plantation, plantation technique and its importance in our life by Dr. Seema Rani, Biologist cum Education Officer, Tata Zoo. She also explained them about the relation between plants and animals to understand the fact by them that “where tigers thrive, it is a sign that the ecosystem is healthy”.
Thereafter, the students visited the tiger enclosure where a talk on “Save tiger, save yourself” was organized and delivered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mahato, Curator, Tata Zoo to raise awareness and support for tiger conservation issues. During the session he explained about the different parameters for the conservation of tigers and ex-situ management of tigers. The session was interactive and participant actively engaged in question and answer with the Curator.
Lastly, a ‘touch n learn’ program and museum visit was organized, where the participants were made aware how to identify and differentiate between pugmarks of different carnivores especially tiger in wild and also different research and survey methods in field biology by Dr. Seema Rani. Several Museum specimens were also shown making the celebration of the International Tiger Day a resounding success.
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