GUWAHATI: The Field Director (FD) of Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve (ONP&TR) Pradipta Baruah has highlighted the important role of the people in protecting animals that occasionally stray out of the protected areas.
The Field Director Pradipta Baruah was interacting with a group of school children who were facilitated on a jeep safari inside the Orang Tiger Reserve under the “Friends of Rhino” programme of Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation, in collaboration with the authority in the (ONP &TR) with support from Zoo Berlin.
The field Director also apprised the group of 30 school students about the rich biodiversity and ecological significance of the ONP &TR and their responsibility towards conservation of biodiversity and nature.
Accompanying the group of school children during the safari, Aaranyak’s senior official Arif Hussain informed them about the characteristic of habitats of various animals and bird species including the one-horned rhinos.
The students during their maiden visit inside the national park were enchanted at the sights of its diverse fauna including rhinos, elephants, Asiatic buffaloes, a large number of deer, wild boar and monkeys, apart from numerous birds, snakes, various orchids, wetlands and water bodies and rich grassland inside the park.
The students from Luit Jatiya Vidyalaya, Sengelimari and Bidyasagar Jatiya Vidyalaya, Roumari participated in the programme along with their teachers in-charge.
The programme aims to instil a sense of responsibility and motivation among young minds in the society towards conservation of the precious one-horned rhinos and its habitat.
Field officials of ONP & TR, local EDC officials/members, local environment enthusiasts also participated in the programme to encourage and motivate the students to acquire a penchant for nature conservation.
