The wildlife week was celebrated in Dumna National Park during Oct?15  and various contests were organized among the school students of Jabalpur schools. We the students St. Aloysius Senior Secondary school, Sadar, Jabalpur took parts along with other school and we received total 5 prizes. 

In the year 1952 with a view to preserve the fauna of India, particularly to take urgent steps to prevent extinction of any species, the Government of India established an Indian Board of Wild Life (IBWL).  The Board has since been doing pioneering work to arouse public consciousness in favour of wildlife preservation.

From time immemorial, our wildlife has been closely associated with our legendary beliefs and our folklores, with our epics and our history. Our lives would be very much poorer without these varied forms that build up the balance of nature. Wildlife preservation in fact implies active and planned wildlife management under which all forms of life would progress side by side with human progress, each in its own sphere of influence and utility and without any detriment to human interests. In fact, it is with this end in view that wildlife sanctuaries and national parks have been established and developed in suitable localities all over the country.

Therefore, in order to arouse a general awakening in the common man in favour of protection of wildlife, the Indian Board of Wild Life (IBWL) decided to observe the Wildlife Week and since then from October 2 - 8 every year organize different activities related to wildlife conservation to commemorate this week.

Every year around this time (October 2 to 8) governments, environmentalists, activists, educators organize different activities to accelerate the awareness of wildlife conservation among people. India, being a mega-storehouse of various species, is also able to manage several conferences, awareness programmes, and public meetings among the nature lovers. Schools and educational institutions organize events such as wildlife related movie screening, painting competition/essay writing/ debate competition for young children with wild life as the theme.  

However the seriousness of celebrating Wildlife Week is not only to educate or create awareness about wildlife among young people like school children and general public but also work with the government and help them form policies and design strategies favouring solutions that address wildlife conservation issues in today?s changing circumstances.

The Government of India organizes a variety of activities during this great period through the environmentalists, activists, educators who encourage and accelerate the people mind to become aware of the wildlife conservation. As being a mega-storehouse country, India has stored a variety of fauna species. Every year several conferences, awareness programmes, public meetings and etc are held to manage this big plan. Various schools and institutions aware their students through the wildlife related movie screening, essay writing, painting competition, debate competition and many more.

Themes of Wild Life Week

?span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman" font-size-adjust: none font-stretch: normal'>         The theme of 2011 was ?Wildlife That Move Us?.

?span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman" font-size-adjust: none font-stretch: normal'>         The theme of 2013 was ?Branching Out for Wildlife?.

?span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman" font-size-adjust: none font-stretch: normal'>         The theme of 2014 was ?Wildlife and Water?.

?span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman" font-size-adjust: none font-stretch: normal'>         The theme of 2015 was ?Living with Wildlife?.

This year we took parts in drawing, slogan and creative writing contest and  my school bagged a total of 5 prizes Master Utkarsh Mishra of class- X students stood 1^st. in the contest .The results were declared few days ago .