Amur Tiger Conservation Education Program
Phoenix Fund. Also, there was an exhibit devoted to Amur tiger conservation and
organized by the WCS. At the end of the holiday all the participants sang a song “Tiger
Day Is a Wonderful Day". Then, Tiger Volodya cut off a cord and bunches of balloons
headed skywards. Everyone waved the balloons and promised to protect nature for future
generations.
Tiger Day in Lazo
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Tiger Day was celebrated in Lazovsky
district of Primorye on September 25.
Over 250 children and 70 adults Le
gathered to commemorate Amur tigers. ambas
During the holiday staff members of
Lazovsky Nature Reserve organized 12
various events, such as theatrical
performances, eco-games, and contests.
There was a traditional carnival
procession, theatrical performances of
the art-performing groups on the stage,
competitions and quizzes on tiger topic.
Teams from a number of rural schools
arrived to the holiday, namely from
Preobrazhenye and Benevskoye villages.
The Phoenix Fund provided the Environmental Education Department staff of the
Lazovsky Nature Reserve with small gifts, such as bookmarks with colorful pictures and
information on the Amur tiger and leopard, pocket calendars, flags, balloons and magnets
with a Tiger Day logo, so that they could award the winners of various contests which
took place during the holiday. Children contended in "tiger" race, played "tiger" soccer
and drew tigers with chalk on asphalt. Also, one could turn into tigers using water-based
theatrical make-up. It was a lot of fun because kids love to be wild animals.
Tiger Day in Kirovka
Festive procession in Lazo
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On September 18, Galina Goy with her
colleagues and members of Ussuri eco-
club organized Tiger Day celebration
in Kirovsky. All in all, over 170
children and 40 adults participated in
the holiday the main objective of
which is to conserve Amur tiger, its
prey and habitat. At noon a carnival
procession consisted of students,
teachers, schoolchildren and their
parents dressed in tiger consumes and
with tiger make-up, carrying flags,
balloons, banners, marched on the
main street of Kirovsky. When arrived
at the village square, the participants
watched theatrical performance by the students of professional lycée №55. Children and
adults took part in various contests and quizzes about tigers and other forest dwellers.
Festive procession in Kirovsky
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