The elephants of Nandankanan Zoological Park would be adorned with special customized appliqué apparel from of Pipili. They would be offered special treat of banana and coconut by the Chief Guest. The Mahouts would be felicitated. The prime attraction of the celebration would be “Ananta”, the orphaned elephant calf which was rescued from Keonjhar while it was only 3 months old and is hand reared successfully at Nandankanan Zoological Park. The Mahout who successfully hand reared “Ananta” would also be felicitated. All of us are concerned about the more and more human elephant conflicts due to habitat degradation resulting form various anthropogenic activities and various other factors. The need of the day is to make everybody aware about the status of elephant in our state, their conservation need, their role in the ecosystem and what each one of us can do to save this majestic animal?. A special education kit developed by the ZOO, Coimbatore on the human elephant conflict ,Elephant etiquette, Elephant manner would be used for the awareness and education programme. This would be conducted by the CEE and WWF. A special brochure developed by the DFO wildlife Chandaka Division would be distributed to the visitors. A cycle rally to Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary starting from Nandankanan Zoological Park would be flagged off by the Hon’ble Chief Guest. The cycle rally will touch the peripheral villages of Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary. The participants would carry the placards with conservation messages. The rally would culminate at Godibari. |
