Recent undercover investigations by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) and the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) revealed that the trade in tiger and leopard body parts in China continues to thrive, operating without any hindrance from the Chinese government whilst driving India’s wild tigers closer towards extinction.
WPSI has already doing lots to preserve the tigers. Here are some ways suggested by WPSI.
- Staying Informed
The more aware we are of the status of India's wildlife and wild places, the more effective we will be in helping to save it. We can stay informed through the internet, current journals and the media.
Once we are armed with the knowledge of what is happening to India's wildlife, we can take action and spread the word with our friends, family and community leaders.
- Taking Action & Creating Awareness
Keeping ourself informed about the peril of India's wildlife is a great place to start to make a difference - but to make a real impact - creating awareness in our community and demand changes be made in India and internationally.
There are numerous things we can do to increase the level of awareness. For example we may:
- Organizing an event that educates the public about wildlife
- Researching products we consume to ensure they were made sustainably
- Writing letters to the editor of a newspaper
- Writing letters/petitions to our community leaders
- Writing letters/petitions to national and international leaders
- By writing Blogs or at communities on different social networking site, we may spred information easily.
