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Wildlife States - Andhra Pradesh More help arrives for Olive Ridleys K.V. Kurmanath
LENDING A HAND: Amala, Nag and Shalini Bhupal releasing the coffee table book on Olive Ridleys at the Taj Banjara auction in Hyderabad. - P.V. Sivakumar
Hyderabad , Dec. 18 The Olive Ridleys of Orissa have found unexpected allies. Cartoonists from Croatia, Iran, Poland and several other countries have joined hands with Blue Cross, an animal rights organisation, to raise funds that will go into the protection of this rare species that faces extinction. "They (Olive Ridleys) need support urgently. We at Blue Cross thought we should do something to save them," Ms Amala, who promotes the animal rights organisations along with husband and popular film star Mr Akkineni Nagarjuna, said. This strong desire resulted in a unique fund-raising auction of cartoons on Saturday. Cartoonists from 36 countries sent 70 cartoons for the exhibition-cum-auction. "We are quite upbeat. We are planning to make it an annual event to raise funds," she said.
Big names
The event attracted some big names that included Mr Ghanshyam Dass, Managing Director of NASDAQ (Asia Pacific) and Ms Sangeetha Reddy of Apollo Hospitals. Referring to the Indian outlook towards life that encompassed the welfare of all living creatures. The country believed in "live-and-let-live policy", Mr Ghanshyam Das said, addressing a gathering before the start of auction. But some of the species around us had become endangered. "It is important that we act to save them," he said. Standing as an example, he himself bought a cartoon. Tata Indicom, Taj Hotels, UB group, 93.5 S FM and Indianink.org also joined the effort. The theme for all the cartoonists was the menace of mobile phones. The auction was preceded by a five-day exhibition. Of the 53 cartoons that were put on auction, 45 were picked. Satyam Foundation had emerged the single largest buyer by bagging highest number of cartoons.
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