Over 18,000 people visited Chhatbir zoo during the week long celebration of Wildlife Week 2013 from October 3 to 8.
Zoo authorities organized several activities and competitions regarding awareness about environment and conservation of nature and Wildlife. More than 130 students from 21 different schools took part in 6 different events. Entry was free for all during this special week here. On the concluding day on Tuesday, Chief Wildlife Warden Punjab Dhirendra Singh, distributed prizes to the winner in the various competition at Chhatbir Zoo.
Topic on wild life animals was given to all the participants in the competition. Shweta, Rohit Dogra and Nishu all students of class V bagged first, second and third prizes in painting competition in junior category.
lakshdeep Singh, Suman and Parul Rani won the first, second and third position in the essay writing competition and Alvin, Manmeet Singh and Aditi Sharma got first, second and third places in the quiz competition in open category followed by Sudh Singh, Tehlu Singh Toor and Abhishek as first, second and third respectively in the photography competition.