Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, adopted a one-year-old tiger for a year and named him ‘Agniveer’ during the inspection of Bengal Safari North Bengal Wild Animals Park on June 22.
On his way back from Gangtok, he inspected the safari. Union Minister of State Choubey adopted a tiger to “spread awareness” among the people under the Adoption Program.
He said that he has seen the fierce form of nature in Kedarnath Dham. “Everyone should be aware of the protection of nature. So that such incidents do not happen”, he added. He said that he adopted the tiger in memory of the victims of the Kedarnath tragedy.
Directed to conduct awareness campaigns
Choubey said that animals have a significant role in the balance of the environment. Their protection is essential. For this, there is also a need to make people aware regularly. On this occasion, the officers were directed to conduct awareness campaigns about Jiva Jantu Sanrakshan Abhiyaan regularly.
Motivate people to adopt more animals
During the examination of the Bengal Safari, Choubey also learned about animal care. 70 people have adopted animals here through the adoption programme. Choubey adopted the tiger in an effort to encourage more people to adopt animals. He used an online transfer to pay the 2 lakhs required to maintain the adopted tiger.
PCCF West Bengal Soumitra Das Gupta said that the adoption of the tiger by the minister would inspire others.
