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With HMEFCC Shri Prakash Javadekar, DGF&SS Shri Sanjay Kumar, ADG(WL) Shri Soumitra Dasgupta and DIGF - CZA Dr. Sonali Ghosh during the
release of MEE.
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We have had a challenging year with the The zoos have also continued with their ‘People’s
outbreak of Avian influenza and then the closure Connect’ by reinventing their activities and
of most of the zoos during the second wave of strategies. Virtual live tours of zoos have been
Covid-19 pandemic. However, this was also a popular, so have been the development of online

time when CZA and Zoos decided to ‘reinvent’ to ticketing to mobile apps and contactless visits with
face the pandemic challenges. We are grateful to covid appropriate behaviour followed by the
Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister of visitors. In several states, initiatives have been
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endorse the RoAR (Respect and Revive) frontline. We have geared up for all eventualities,
human-animal relationship campaign and it is now hoped that zoos continue to provide the
feliciate the CZA Prani Mitra Awardees during the ‘healing touch’ and earn their well deserved place
66 Wildlife Week. in people’s hearts.
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We also collaborated with TERI (the Energy
Resource Institute) to carry out special outreach
events that attracted more than 253 schools from
25 states, and more than 2300 online entries for
the online painting and poem writing
competitions. We bring you glimpses of these and
many other outreach and capacity building
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bring to you some success stories of conservation
breeding and rewilding of endangered species in
this double edition, that are both informative and
also authored by conservation pioneers in their
respective fields.
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