As part of the Save Tiger campaign, a lecture series was organised at the Regional Museum of Natural History on Friday. Former Director of Indian Institute of Forest Management and former Vice-Chancellor of Barkatullah University, Dr Ramprasad were the chief speakers who discussed about the ecological status of the tiger.
Tiger hunting was banned by Indian Government in 1972 and it is due to presence of tiger, the jungles developed, this noted academician mentioned, pointing out that most tigers were present in India than in other countries like Siberia, Thailand and Malaysia. Almost 25 per cent of India's tiger population thrives in Madhya Pradesh.
He advised the students to develop a healthy environment to promote the world eco-tourism.
He stated that tiger never attacked until it was provoked and underlined that the tigers controlled the population of herbivorous animals in jungle. He cautioned that there were many myths about tiger derivatives as medicine.
During the discussion the students asked lot of questions about tiger census, color belt and white tiger.
Dr Prasad informed that the number of tiger in India is approximately 4000 and said that color belt was used to trace the movement and location of tiger in the jungle.
A brief introduction about lecture series was given by Dr S Sethuramalingam, Scientist-in charge of the museum.
He stressed the level of understanding about the ecological importance of the tiger among the teachers and urged them to sensitise children towards protection of wild life.
He requested the students to inform press or police on getting any information about wildlife poaching and trading.
