The G B Pant high altitude zoo, Nainital, under the ongoing wildlife safety week, taught the students of M S Inter College, Kalan Shahjahanpur (UP), a lesson or two about behavior of wild animals and other wildlife matters in its campus on Sunday.
Apart from teaching about the behavior of the wild animals living in zoos or in the wild, the school children were also made aware about how the human being should behave with the wild animals, said Manoj Shah, Range Officer, the GB Pant high altitude zoo, Nanital.
Botanist Rekha Palariya, associated with this Nanital zoo taught the school children about the behavior of the wild animals and about other wildlife issues, added Shah. Besides, a film on wildlife was also screened for school children in the zoo premises, said the officials concerned.
It is to note that the Nainital zoo administration has provided free of cost zoo visit to the children upto 12 years of age from October 1 to mark the wildlife week. The free of cost zoo visit for the children upto 12 years of age will continue for a week under the wildlife safety week, said the officials concerned of the G B Pant high altitude zoo, Nainital.
Awareness programmes on wildlife will continue under the wildlife safety week ahead also here, further said the officials concerned of the G B Pant high altitude zoo, Nainital.
In the meanwhile, the wildlife awareness programmes were also being organised in other parts of the including the Corbett National Park (CTR), Ramnagar .
The basic purpose of organising the various awareness programmes including photo exhibitions on wildlife and environment, screening of films on preservation and conservation of wild life and flora and fauna is to sensitise people about the importance of wildlife and environmental issues, said the wildlife conservationists.