 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 18: The NSS Unit of Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar organized a guest lecture on Wild life Conservation to mark World Heritage Day, here today.
Prof. D.N. Sahi, noted Wild life Conservationist, who was Resource person and chief guest on occasion gave a detailed accounts about snakes ranging from their habitat, distribution, types, feeding, mating, birth and growth to their religious and cultural relevance.
He described that out some 2700 species of snakes world over, only 500 (20 per cent) are poisonous, whereas in India of total 260 species 52 are venomous.
Principal of College, Dr. Kiran Bakshi, who presided over the function said that coexistence of man and animal has been repeatedly emphasized in our scriptures. "Lord Shiva, prominent among our three gods, persona is never complete without a snake in his neck. This truly depicts the importance of snakes in our life cycle as they kill the rodents and smoothen our living", she said. |
