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Kohima, NOV20 *[ANI]* : Realizing the importance of preserving wild life and

the need to develop forest reserves, the Mizos have decided not to go

hunting. Habitants of the 'Dampa Tiger Reserve', the lone tiger reserve in

the state, have launched a campaign to save wildlife at all costs.

 

 

" To have a sizable tiger population, we should have a sound prey base

population. To have a sound prey base population, we should stop hunting. If

you hunt them, naturally the population of tiger would come down, " said V.

Lalfala, Field Director of the Dampa Tiger Reserve. The forest and the

environment department of the Government of Mizoram is actively spreading

awareness to the grassroots level to save endangered species.

 

" In one way or the other, we have been trying for public education towards

forestations and preservation of the wild life, " said Lalrinmawia, Indian

Forest Service, Planning officer PCCF. During a recently held observation

week, more than eighty-five villagers of Dampa and other villages near the

tiger reserve shed their arms and decided not to hunt in future. Villagers

realised that in the coming years, this reserve would become a major tourist

destination and could help them economically. " Realizing the importance of

the only tiger reserve in Mizoram, local hunters of the area surrendered

their arms with a solemn vow not to hurt wildlife again, " said Liansanga

Pachhua, a wildlife guard at the Dampa Reserve.

 

Lalrinawma, resident of the sanctuary, said: " It is every person's duty and

priority to preserve the best one can give to it. Unfortunately, most of

them are on the verge of extinction, and keeping this in mind, the Dampa

Sanctuary has set out to save all wildlife in the state. " The reserve, which

was notified in 1985 and got the status of reserve in 1994, is spread over

an area of 550square kilometers. The Dampa Tiger Reserve, just 127 km away

from Aizwal, is home to many endangered species such as the tiger, elephant,

guar, barking deer, wild boar, sloth bear and black bear. The state's forest

and the environment department is providing financial aid to villagers and

taking concrete steps to develop basic infrastructure in the region. *[Hempi

D. Henpilen]*

 

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