Mumbaikars have heard about conservation in classrooms, but they miss out on seeing it in action,” says Dr Abhishek Satam, zoo biologist at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo. Wildlife Week is the perfect time to bring that experience closer to the urban Mumbaikar. Organised by the Zoo and the BMC, conceptualised by the Vanyavani Foundation, a week-long celebration might just light a new spark. As co-organiser Makarand Sawant puts it, “A child who paints a tiger, and hums its folk song remembers it for life. Art is how conservation becomes culture.”

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Can’t step outside? Get your hands on the new landmark title Mammals of India (HarperCollins) by Bombay Natural History Society. Written by senior conservationists AJT Johnsingh and PO Nameer, the book features illustrations, new distribution maps and data on more than 450 mammals in India. 

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