Mysuru: The 67th Wildlife Week was celebrated at Mysuru Palace’s premises here on Wednesday October 5. Dasara elephants and school children took part in the jatha organised to mark the occasion.
An oath was taken on the occasion to protect animals.
Mysuru Circle Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) T. Hiralal said that, “We are organising the jatha to create awareness on the importance of protecting animals. Wildlife Week was started in 1957. This year, we have taken an oath to protect aquatic animals. Water conservation is also on our agenda.”
He said, “Bandipur and Nagarahole forests have around 320 tigers. With this, Karnataka stands second in the country for the highest number of tigers with 524 tigers. Not only tigers, but we also want to protect all the animals. In that way, this jatha is symbolic.”
Senior officer Jagat Ram, Deputy Conservator of Forests Karikalan, Kamala Karikalan, Dr. Ramesh and others were present.