Navi Mumbai: To stop the unfortunate highway accident that kills wild animals and humans, animal activists and social workers have installed road names and posters near the Karinal Bird Sanctuary in Pena, Raigad District, urging people who do not feed monkeys and other wild species.
The ‘Chalo Karnala’ campaign has begun by the Pankh Foundation in the pen, and hands that cure animal care foundations, Karnala.
“Karnala Bird Sanctuary is located 70 km from Mumbai in Mumbai-Goa Highway.
Nature as a whole is really safe for wildlife, rich in beauty.
But because the national highway has been done through the Holy, the number of deaths.
From animals, especially monkeys, has Increasing drastically.
Therefore, we increase awareness and ask motorists not to stop on the highway to feed wild animals, “said Majumdar’s social workers.
He added that the monkey took the risk of their lives to come on a busy highway to eat biscuits, chips, and other food items thrown there by passing motorists, who were also dangerous illegal.
Day after day, monkey death due to increased accidents.
This abnormal food also forces them to stay away from finding food from their natural habitat, thus disrupting environmental balance.
Providing food to wild animals is a violation that can be punished under the Law of Wildlife Protection, 1972.
And under the prevention of cruelty of animals, 1960 acts, hit, damaging, persecuting or killing them is a violation that can be legally punished.
The Pankh and hand foundations that cure animal care foundations have begun to install banners in several places along with campaigns.
On Sunday, a group of other social activists from Vandhanwadi Village held a daily awareness campaign at Karinal Bird Sanctuary asked street rods not to feed animals.
“The stretch of highway from Karnala Bird Sanctuary reports animals or deaths of birds every day due to road accidents.
Medical facilities available for wildlife in the sanctuary, laid rumbling in the road stretching, actions against wildlife who feed, cctv installation, among others our demands .
If demands are not fulfilled in a month, we will use protests, “said the campaign coordinator of Santosh Thakur.
“Feeding wild animals and birds is a violation and therefore, awareness banners have been carried out on this stretch.
More steps taken to overcome this problem,” said Manoj Waghmare, Secretary, on a forest area on the forest.