The Department organized a wildlife week celebration at Zoo Melaka on 24-25th October 2009. Various events were organized, from coloring contest, wildlife photography, wildlife talk, wildlife race, exhibition etc. The finale was the introduction of Ady Fashla as our wildlife conservation ambassador. Despite the short preparation time, the two-day event was quite a success. We knew what to do the next time around. Hopefully, next year's celebration will be on a bigger scale with more events and sponsors. The wildlife photography will be opened to all interested amateur photographers with exciting prizes ( digital camera perhaps?), the wildlife race will be at night and focus on nocturnal wildlife, etc. I supposed the location will still be at Zoo Melaka unless there are others who offer their venue. Perhaps Adib is willing to organize the wildlife week celebration at Penang national park. We'll see next year.
The selection of Adi Fashla as our wildlife conservation ambassador is right based on his interests in the outdoor and wildlife. For a start, he managed to spend some time with one of the orangutan...something that he always wanted to do since the first day I met him at ASTRO. I am looking forward to this exciting collaboration. We have various plans planned for him and some lucky individuals. Trips are being planned for Adi to visit Kuala Gandah, Penang National park, hornbill watching, wildlife breeding centers etc. At the same time, Adi will help the Department enhance public awareness when he is on-air at Radio ERA.
Many people contributed to the success of the wildlife week last weekend. My colleagues from JP, Suzi and Zolkefly who did most of the background work, the energetic and hardworking staff from KBD, Zoo Melaka and IBD. The cheerful and fun loving gurls from admin ( Amelina, Syikin, Fadilah), Kazidi, Zeti and others. (sorry if I missed anyone). We'll see how things developed from here. To era.FM, thanks for the support.
