My family and I have been environmentalists and wildlife enthusiasts from as long as I can remember. All my vacations and holidays were spent bouncing in innumerable safaris across various national parks (53 safaris on the last count), going bird watching with friends & family or reading about various ways in which one can influence the environment positively. There are various interesting stories that one would love to recount of my myriad adventures – I will try and talk about a few on my blog here.
Personally, I was more excited about animal conservation, particularly the conservation of the large cats. I worked on raising money for the snow leopard conservation at a young age and have been involved in raising awareness and funds for tiger conservation in India, through the highly motivating “Kids for Tiger” program.
The census of 2006 showed a total of 1411 tigers in all the national parks of India put together! The alarm bells rang in my mind as much as, fortunately, they did in the minds of the people who matter in the Government circles. Resources were allocated to stop poaching and also work with the villagers in the conflict zones of the forests (more on both of these later). The subsequent 2 censuses have, thankfully, shown a steady increase in the tiger population. The data collation of the census performed in 2018 is still on and we expect to hear about the results of the activity in the next couple of months.
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