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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Movie on tiger conservation

MYSORE: The city-based regional museum of natural history will screen a documentary on tigers on Saturday.

The 40-minute film 'Truth about Tigers' will be screened at RMNH at 3 pm by the Voice for Wildlife, a trust furthering the cause of wildlife conservation.

The NGO is formed by a group of lawyers to focus on environment and wildlife will screen the film by Shekar Dattatri. The government estimates reveal there may be fewer than 1,500 tigers in Indian jungles, H N Nagaraj of the Voice for Wlidlife stated. Why have India's tiger population declined so drastically? What are the problems facing their conservation? And are there any solutions to the crisis? These are some of the aspects covered in the documentary, which also provides pointers to how citizen can contribute towards saving tigers, he stated in a press release.

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