My favorite news channel had initiated a campaign to protect my favorite animal, tiger. After receiving nearly five lakh signatures on Save Tiger campaign from all over the country, the petitions will be handed over to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and chief ministers of states.
The response to NDTV’s Save the Tiger Campaign, supported by Sanctuary Asia and Kids for Tiger, has been overwhelming. Even a week after the rallies held across the country, people continued to sign the petition.
A remarkable 4,97,944 people came forward to sign the petition. The signatures will be submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
It has been little over a month since the government came out with the latest tiger census. According to the government’s latest census, there are only 1411 tiger left in the wild, 50 per cent down from 3642 in 2001-02.
The figure was an acknowledgment of the fact that tigers in India are in serious danger. Following this, NDTV carried out a campaign to raise awareness and make people put pressure on the government to be more vigilant. The aim of NDTV’s public campaign is that leaders and politicians should see the urgency of the problem and declare an emergency for the tiger and save the national animal from extinction.
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