Negros Wildlife Month Celebration
November 8, 2009 by Negros Occidental
The Negros Wildlife Month Celebration will with theme “Preserve our home – conserve wildlife – protect their habitats”, this year’s program kicks off on Tuesday, November 10 with an “Animals of Negros” foot parade leaving from the Bacolod Public Plaza at 1:30pm. Participants will be dressed in masks and costumes of the endemic and threatened species of Negros including the Visayan tarictic hornbill, Visayan spotted deer and the Visayan warty pig.
Activities will run through to November 26 and will include an environmentally-themed art competition; wildlife quizzes; an extemporaneous speech competition focusing on different environmental topics; film showings; tree plantings and a unique research-oriented ‘bat encounter’ experience. Activities will culminate on November 26 with the 3rd Negros Island Wildlife Quiz Bowl to be held this year at Silliman University in Dumaguete City.
Negros Occidental is very fortunate with the signing of the president of a law banning commercial logging in the Northern Negros Natural Park. This law will be a big help in the conservation and protection of Negros wildlife.
Show your support for this endeavor by joining the different activities lined up for the Negros Wildlife Month Celebration. For inquiries, contact the Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation, Inc (NFEFI)on 433 2036.
Image Credit: NFEFI
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What nature had put together let no man put asunder… Environmental Degredation of man is truely destroying the future of the humanrace.
Is it too late for us all?
Its up to us,let us begin to ACT for time is indeed running out.