Safari Visitors Awareness Campaign
Every time we take a safari ride in a Protected Area (PA), we expect to see the elusive tiger. What we don’t realize is that tigers are solitary and nocturnal in nature and hence sighting them on safari rides is extremely difficult. This holds good for other predators too. Secondly, since these are ‘wild’ animals, by natural instinct they avoid humans. Also, PAs like National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries are spread across several hundred sq. kms. of forest and animals are widely spread through the entire PA, and that clearly explains that wildlife sightings are just a matter of luck and nothing else.
KANS initiated an awareness programme to educate the visitors to the PAs. This programme is currently being conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole) National Park in association with Wildlife Conservation Society, India Chapter.
Some of the salient features of this programme are:
Educating visitors on the salient features of flora and fauna of the park and the behavioral traits that the visitors need to exhibit when in the midst of wildlife
Distribution of awareness pamphlets to the park visitors
Oratory session inside the safari vehicle on generic do’s and don’ts when on the safari
Help the visitor spot some the lesser known mammals and try to increase awareness and educate people about all the other species that are found inside the park
This programme is mainly aimed at increasing awareness amongst visitors of the protocols to be followed in National Parks and sensitize them on the importance of wildlife conservation.
Every time we take a safari ride in a Protected Area (PA), we expect to see the elusive tiger. What we don’t realize is that tigers are solitary and nocturnal in nature and hence sighting them on safari rides is extremely difficult. This holds good for other predators too. Secondly, since these are ‘wild’ animals, by natural instinct they avoid humans. Also, PAs like National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries are spread across several hundred sq. kms. of forest and animals are widely spread through the entire PA, and that clearly explains that wildlife sightings are just a matter of luck and nothing else.
KANS initiated an awareness programme to educate the visitors to the PAs. This programme is currently being conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole) National Park in association with Wildlife Conservation Society, India Chapter.
Some of the salient features of this programme are:
Educating visitors on the salient features of flora and fauna of the park and the behavioral traits that the visitors need to exhibit when in the midst of wildlife
Distribution of awareness pamphlets to the park visitors
Oratory session inside the safari vehicle on generic do’s and don’ts when on the safari
Help the visitor spot some the lesser known mammals and try to increase awareness and educate people about all the other species that are found inside the park
This programme is mainly aimed at increasing awareness amongst visitors of the protocols to be followed in National Parks and sensitize them on the importance of wildlife conservation.
Contact for Volunteering: Mr. Hari Somashekar
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