आजादी का अमतृ महो配सव Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Conservation to Co-existence: The people connect

#75weeks75species #75zoos75species ©Vadium Trunov OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

SPECIES 75

1. Raise awareness about biodiversity 2. Raise awareness about of conservation significance.

©MelghatTigerReserve The outreach programs for each species will be conducted at zoos that house the species.

The program will be for a duration of one week at each zoo

© WTI CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 1 15.03.2021 15th March-21st Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan and March 2021 Zoo, Maharashtra

Week 2 22.03.2021 22nd March-28th Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Zoo, March 2021 Maharashtra

Week 3 29.03.2021 29th March-4th Indian Giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and April 2021 Wildlife Research Center, Maharashtra

Week 4 05.04.2021 5th April- 11th Bondla Zoo, ( gaurus) April 2021 Week 5 12.04.2021 12th April-19th State Museum and Zoo, Kerala April 2021 Malabar Grey-Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus)

Week 6 19.04.2021 19th April-25th Kakatiya Zoological Park, Telangana Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus April 2021 quadricornis) Week 7 26.04.2021 26th April-2nd Arignar Anna Zoological park, Tamil Nadu May 2021 Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) Week 8 03.05.2021 3rd May- 9th May Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, Kerala 2021 Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 9 10.05.2021 10th May-16th Indian (Moschiola indica) May 2021 Nehru Zoological park, Hyderabad Week 10 17.05.2021 17th May-23rd May 2021 Gray slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus) Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Karnataka

Week 11 24.05.2021 24th May-30th May 2021 King Cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah) Dr. K.Shivarma Karanth Pililkula Biological Park, Karnataka

Week 12 31.05.2021 31st May -6th Gorewada International Zoo, Maharashtra June 2021 Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Week 13 07.06.2021 7th June-13th Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Andhra Pradesh June 2021 Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii)

Week 14 14.06.2021 14th June-20th Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Andhra Pradesh June 2021 Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Week 15 21.05.2021 21st June-27th Nandanvan Jungle Safari, Chhattisgarh June 2021 Wild ( arnee) Week 16 28.06.2021 28th June-04th Bannerghatta Biological Park, Karnataka July 2021 Malabar banded swallowtail (Papilo liomedon) CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 17 05.07.2021 July 5th -July 11th Swamp ( duvaucelii) 2021 Van Vihar National Park Zoo, Madhya Pradesh Week 18 12.06.2021 July 12-July 18th 2021 Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) Nandankanan Biological Park Odisha

Week 19 19.07.2021 July19th-July 25th 2021 Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Jharkhand

Week 20 26.07.2021 July 26th-August Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jharkhand 1st 2021 (Antilope cervicapra)

Week 21 02.08.2021 August 2nd- Machia Biological Park, Rajasthan August 8th 2021 (Gazella bennettii)

Week 22 09.08.2021 August 9th- Nahargarh Biological Park, Rajasthan August 15th Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) 2021 Week 23 16.08.2021 August 16th- Sajjangarh Biological Park, Rajasthan August 22nd Indian crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica) 2021 Week 24 23.08.2021 August 23rd- Kota Zoo, Rajasthan Great Indian Bustard/ Striped Hyena (Ardeotis August 29th nigriceps/ Hyena hyena) 2021 CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 25 30.08.2021 August 30th- Pythons (Rock, reticulate , burmese) (Python Rajkot Municipal Zoo, Gujarat September 5th molurus, Python bivittatus, Malyapython 2021 reticulatus) Week 26 06.09.2021 September 6th- September 12th Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) Kamla Nehru Zoological Park, Gujarat 2021 Week 27 13.09.2021 September 13th- September 19th Asiatic lion (Panthera leo perscia) Sakkarbaug Zoo, Gujarat 2021 Week 28 20.09.2021 September 20th- September 26th Smooth coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) Dr Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Zoological Park, Gujarat 2021 Week 29 27.09.2021 Sept 27th to 3rd Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) Oct 2021 Sardar Patel Zoological Park, Gujarat Week 30 04.10.2021 4th Oct 2021 to Indian fox (Vulpes bengalensis) Ambardi Wildlife Interpretation Zone, Gujarat 10th Oct 2021

Week 31 11.10.2021 October11th- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) October 17th 2021 Sayaji Baug Zoo, Gujarat Week 32 18.10.2021 October 18th- Bar headed geese/Lesser florican (Anser indicus/ October 24th 2021 Sypheotides indicus) Indroda Nature Park, Gujarat CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 33 25.10.2021 October 25th- Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Pipli Zoo, Haryana October 31st 2021 Week 34 01.11.2021 November 1st Baya weaver and House sparrow (Ploceus 2021-November Rohtak Zoo, Haryana philippinus/Passer domesticus) 7th 2021 Week 35 08.11.2021 November 8th- November 14th (Boselaphus tragocamelus) Deer Park Motibagh (Patiala Zoo) 2021 November 15th- Week 36 15.11.2021 Barn owl and Eurasian Eagle owl (Tyto November 21st Mahendra Chaudhury Zoological Park, Chatbir Punjab alba./Bubo bubo) 2021 Week 37 22.11.2021 November 22nd- November 28th Spotted deer () (Axis axis) DeerPark, Bir Talab, Bhatinda 2021 Week 38 29.11.2021 November 29th- December 5th Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Ludhiana Zoo 2021 Week 39 06.12.2021 December 6th- December 12th Crab eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Biological Park, Chidiyatapu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2021 December 13th- Week 40 13.12.2021 Madras Crocodile Bank Trust/Centre For Herpetology, Tamil December 19th Salt water crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) Nadu 2021 CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 41 20.12.2021 December 20th- December 26th Ganges softshell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica) Kurumbapatti Zoological Park, Tamil Nadu 2021 Week 42 27.12.2021 December 27th- Monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) Alipore Zoological Garden January 2nd 2022

Week 43 03.01.2022 January 3rd-January Russell’s Viper and Saw scaled viper (Daboia Chennai Snake Park 9th 2022 russelii/Echis carinatus)

Week 44 10.01.2022 January 10th-January Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Sepahijala Zoological Park, Tripura 16th 2022

Week 45 17.01.2022 January 17th-January (Porcula salvania) Assam State Zoo Cum Botanical Garden, Assam 23rd 2022

Week 46 24.01.2022 January 24th-January Northern -tailed macaque (Macaca leonine) Aizawl Zoo, Mizoram 30th 2022

Week 47 31.01.2022 January 31st- Slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) Nehru Park Zoo, Danakgre,Tura, Meghalaya February 6th 2022

Week 48 07.02.2022 February 7th- Sangai (Rucervus eldii eldii) Manipur Zoological Garden, Manipur February 13th 2022 CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 49 14.02.2022 February 14th- Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) Mini Zoo, Roing, Arunachal Pradesh February 20th 2022

Week 50 21.02.2022 February 21st- Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) Lady Hydari Park Land (Meghalaya Zoo) February 27th 2022

Week 51 28.02.2022 February 28th-March Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) Biological Park, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 6th 2022

Week 52 07.03.2022 March 7th-March Blyth’s Tragopan (Tragopan blythii) Nagaland zoological park, Nagaland 13th 2022

Week 53 14.03.2022 March 14th-March Greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) CWRC & CBRC (Rescue Centre) 20th 2022

Week 54 21.03.2022 March 21st-March Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling 27th 2022

Week 55 28.03.2022 March 28th-April 3rd Himalayan (Hemitragus jemlahicus) Dhauladhar Nature Park, Himachal Pradesh 2022

Week 56 04.04.2022 April 4th-April 10th Himalayan (Moschus leucogaster) Himalayan Nature Park, Kufri Himachal Pradesh 2022 CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 57 11.04.2022 Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus April 11th-April 17tth 2022 Nehru Phesantary, Manali, Himachal Pradesh impejanus) Week 58 18.04.2022 April 18th-April 24th 2022 Himalayan Black bear (Ursus thibetanus) Renuke Mini Zoo, Himachal Pradesh

Week 59 25.04.2022 Western Tragopan (Tragopan April 25th-May 1st 2022 Sarahan Pheasantry, Himachal Pradesh melanocephalus)

Week 60 02.05.2022 May 2nd-May 8th 2022 ( nayaur) Himalayan Zoological Park, Bulbuley, Sikkim

Week 61 09.05.2022 May 9th-May15th 2022 (Naemorhedus goral) Malsi Deer Park, Dehradun

Week 62 16.05.2022 May 16th- May 22nd 2022 Barking deer (Muntiacus ) Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo, Uttarakhand

Week 63 23.05.2022 May 23rd-May 29th 2022 Hangul ( elaphus hangul) Jambu Zoo (Shivalik Biological Park)

Week 64 30.05.2022 Mugger/Marsh crocodile (Crocodylus May 30th-June-5th 2022 Nawab Wazid Ali Shah Zoological Garden, Uttar Pradesh palustris) CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 65 06.06.2022 June 6th-June 12th Sarus crane (Antigone Antigone) Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan, Gorakhpur 2022

Week 66 13.06.2022 June 13th-June 19th Red-crowned roof turtle (Batagur kachuga) Kanpur Zoological Park, Uttar Pradesh 2022

Week 67 20.06.2022 June 20th-June 26th Gangetic River dolphin (Platanista gangetica) Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, Bihar 2022

Week 68 27.06.2022 June 27th-July 3rd Grey hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) 2022 Marble Palace Zoo, Kolkata Week 69 04.07.2022 July 4th-July 10th Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) Jungle Mahal Zoological Park, Jhargram 2022

Week 70 11.07.2022 July 11th-July 17th Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Rasikbeel Mini Zoo, Coochbehar 2022

Week 71 18.07.2022 July 18th-July 24th Hog deer ( porcinus) 2022 Adina Deer Park Week 72 25.07.2022 July 25th-July 31st Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) 2022 North Bengal Animal Ark CALENDAR OF 75 SPECIES OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE [15TH MARCH-15TH AUGUST 2022]

Week Day Period Species in Focus Zoo in Focus

Week 73 01.08.2022 August 1st –August 7th 2022 Vulture Species (Gyps spp.) Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre, pinjore Week 74 08.08.2022 August 8th-August 14th 2022 Indian Leopard (Panthera pardus) Etawah Lion Safari Park Week 75 15.08.2022 Indian flora and fauna (Peafowl, Tiger, Elephant , August 15th 2022 Banyan Tree, Gangetic river dolphin, King Cobra, Lotus) National Zoological Park, Delhi COURSE OF PROGRAM- MARCH 2021

Zoo Calendar for March-June 2021 © UNESCO Biogeographic zone

WWF Species in Focus

Dissemination:

▪ IEC Material (posters, brochures, booklets)

▪ Live streaming of events

▪ Social media handle updates celebrating species of the week © alamy stock photo ▪ https://twitter.com/CZA_Delhi

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