Mangalore, Jul 28: In order to spread awareness on the decreasing population of tigers worldwide, Pilikula Biological Park, Pilikula Nisargadhama will observe International Tiger Day by organising essay and collage competition for students on conservation of tigers.
Director, Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park, H Jaganatha Bhandary speaking to coastaldigest.com said that since stage program cannot be organised during the rainy season the Park has decided to organise essay and collage competition for students in different categories.
Inviting essays and collages from interested participants to mark 'International Tiger day- 2015', he said that by conducting such competitions, the students will be compelled to research more into the topic.
The topic of 'conservation of tiger' will make students realise the importance of tigers and they will grow up with an idea of conserving the endangered species.
He said that already over 400 essays and 200 collages have been received. Prizes will be given to the best three entries in primary, high school, PUC and degree level, he said.
Speaking about tigers in district HJ Bhandary said, 'Pilikula has nine Royal Bengal tigers and there is a proposal to give two tigers to Surat zoo. Dakshina Kannada has tigers in Western Ghats range and number of tigers had decreased due to poachers and hunters. In some cases farmers were killing tigers using pesticides as tigers harm domestic animals. He said that recently after awareness programs number of tiger is increasing.
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