A travelling exhibition that is an emergency assistance call for saving
wildlife in Vietnam will target school children in HCM City.
The non-profit organisation, Wildlife At Risk (WAR),
in collaboration with the HCM City Department of Education and Training
and the HCM City Forest Protection Division, launched the campaign on
Dec. 2 at the Minh Duc Secondary School in District 1.
The campaign is spearheaded by a 60sq.m tent that features different
interactive exhibits, models and games to emphasise that consumption of
wildlife products poses a serious threat to wildlife.
"The exhibition highlights serious issues of illegal wildlife product
consumption in an impressive but relaxed manner for the students," said
Do Thi Thanh Huyen, wildlife education manager of WAR.
It also provides students and teachers with useful information related
to illegal wildlife product consumption and calls on every one to join
hands to protect rare and threatened species to prevent them from
extinction like the Javan Rhino, said Tran Van Thanh, director of the
Cat Tien National Park.
Forest rangers at the park
uncover around 500 violations and seize 20,000 traps and 20 shotguns of
various kinds every year, Thanh said, adding that consumption demand is
the major cause of the illegal hunt for wild animals.
The SOS travelling exhibition will carry its message to 40 secondary schools in the city by the end of 2012./.