Visakhapatnam zoo to hold elephant-themed drawing contest on August 9

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The Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam will hold a drawing competition on August 9, ahead of World Elephant Day on August 12. The event will run from 10 a.m. to noon at the Zoo Bioscope on the premises, The Hindu reports.

The contest has three categories. Classes I to V will draw on ‘My Elephant and Its Keeper’, while Classes VI to X will focus on elephants as India’s national heritage animal. Intermediate and postgraduate students will address human-elephant coexistence. Organisers will provide drawing sheets, but participants must bring their own materials. All contestants will receive participation certificates.

The Indian Opinion

Public events about wildlife can invite both easy claims that awareness alone will protect elephants and equally dismissive complaints that such contests achieve nothing. This competition is modest, but its themes move from care to conservation and coexistence across age groups. Its value should be judged by participation and what follows, such as stronger conservation education or local action, not by ceremonial photographs. How many students attend on August 9?

Source: thehindu.com

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