To mark the wildlife safety week and more importantly, to make the people, including the children, aware of the wildlife and environmental issues, the GB Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital, provided free of cost zoo visit to the children up to 12 years on Wednesday.
The free of cost zoo visit for the children will continue for a week under the wildlife safety week, said the officials concerned of the G B Pant high altitude zoo, Nainital. A painting competition on wildlife was also organised for the school children here on the inaugural day of the wildlife safety week, said Manoj Shah, Range Officer, the G B Pant high altitude zoo, Nanital.
The wildlife awareness programmes were also organised in other parts of the region and some other wildlife parks, including the Corbett National Park (CTR), Ramnagar, on Wednesday. Besides, a marathon race was also hosted in CTR region in Ramnagar to mark the wildlife safety week. 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 the people about the importance of wildlife and environmental issues, said the wildlife conservationists.