Global Tiger Day: Importance of big-cat conservation stressed at Lko zoo
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Global Tiger Day: Importance of big-cat conservation stressed at Lko zoo

Hindustan Times  

The Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden observed Global Tiger Day in the presence of zoo officials and state ministers, on Tuesday. The student prize winners and officials who were felicitated at the Lucknow zoo celebration of Global Tiger Day, with zoo director Aditi Sharma, and forest minister Arun Kumar Saxena Arun Kumar Saxena, state minister for the department of forests, environment and climate change, was the chief guest at the event, and chief forest conservationist Sanjay Singh delivered the keynote address. Zoo director Aditi Sharma declared the latest tiger count at the zoo stands at 12, including 3 white tigers. Saxena, in his address, stressed that not only are the now-endangered tigers a matter of pride for India, “but they are also necessary for our ecology, food chain, forests and water bodies as well.” Children from primary schools across Lucknow participated in an art contest on the topic of ‘Save The Tiger’, and the winners were felicitated.

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