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The Hindu : Auden High School, and his friend P. Srikanth Ranjan, a standard VII student of Apollo Convent, were giving the final touches to the display of various editions of the Sanctuary magazine and its children’s version, the Cub magazine.
Their friends were busy arranging their set of some of the award-winning wildlife photographs painstakingly collected by them.
These children are the members of Kids for Tiger, an environment awareness programme for children run by the Sanctuary magazine across 550 schools in the country. They were setting up their stall at the exhibition organised by the Forest Department as a part of Wildlife week celebrations here earlier in the month.
“We love nature and want to save it for the future,” said Sudershan, a member of the programme for the past two years. One of his photo collection on the forests of the world is featured in the exhibition. Ranjan says, “We are learning more than what we learn from textbooks. We participate in exhibitions and go for nature walks.” Students are made to write letters on issues concerning environment conservation.
Enthusiastic
Another member of Kids for Tigers, Pavan Kumar, explained about the programme. “The tiger is synonymous with conservation. If you preserve our trees, there will be water and an environment for the tiger to survive,” said Kumar, a standard IX student of Vidyaniketan School in Ullal.
Proudly showing off his poster, he said he had developed a fascination for birdwatching after taking part in nature walks.
Usha Ramaiah, Coordinator, said the the programme was to make children realise the importance of conservation.
