Kiwi schools get creative to defend wild tigers
© Alain Compost / WWF-Canon
WWF-New Zealand media release
Artists sought to promote conservation message
WWF-New Zealand is asking artists and designers with a passion for conservation to create artworks that will encourage people to show support for tiger rangers.
As part of WWF Global’s Cards4Tigers campaign, kiwi students have been showing their support for rangers by drawing pictures and writing messages on postcards, thanking rangers for their work defending tigers and their habitats.
Now a competition is seeking artists and designers to get inspired by the postcards and produce artworks that will send the Cards4Tigers message further and encourage more people to send their own postcard.
“Protecting the world’s remaining 3,200 wild tigers is a vitally important, yet dangerous job,” says Karen Boothe at WWF’s Tiger’s Alive Initiative.
“Globally, more than 99,000 messages of support have been sent to rangers in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal, and it’s fantastic to see kiwi kids embracing the campaign as well.” She said.
The six winning entries will be printed and displayed at Wellington Zoo and Orana Wildlife Park in late May.
More information on the competition can be found at: http://www.wwf.org.nz/take_action/cardsfortigersartwork/
The competition closes on 20 May 2013.
About Cards4Tigers
Cards4Tigers is a way for people worldwide – including us Kiwis – to help protect tigers. Send a postcard to thank rangers working on the frontlines of tiger conservation. They stand up for tigers every day – this is your chance to show that you stand with them. You can request a Cards4Tigers pack by replying to this email.
About WWF-New Zealand
WWF-New Zealand is the local office of the WWF International Network, the world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation organisation.
WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. For more information, please visit http://www.wwf.org.nz .
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