RANTHAMBORE: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan Sunday appealed to
the people to help protect India's national animal, the tiger, saying
"every tiger killed in the country for their body parts trade is like
giving away parts of our mother India".
He was
speaking at a NDTV-Aircel telethon here, organised for the second time
after their 'Save Our Tigers' campaign was launched in 2010 to help
raise crucial funds to protect the endangered animal.
An
official report in 2011 showed India had about 1,700 tigers, a slight
improvement from the previous figures of about 1,400 released by the
government in 2008.
Poaching, shrinkage of
habitat and man-animal conflict are some of the factors that threaten
this animal in the wild today. Currently, India has 41 tiger reserves
across 13 states.
The actor, who arrived here Saturday, was expected to take part in the entire 12-hour duration of the telethon.
Urging
people involved in the illegal trade of tiger body parts, Bachchan
said: "I urge you all to join this effort to save our national animal.
Destroying them is like attacking and destroying our own heritage."
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