This competition is a part of program for reduction of illegal hunting and other nature protection violations.
Competition will last until January 20, 2005. Any school student from Amur region may participate. He or she must write a letter to a person practicing illegal hunting or fishing, illegal logging etc. The letter should explain what kind of harm brings such actions to nature and people, how poaching affects planet’s future. Authors of three best letters will receive prizes.
ALL letters will be delivered to the addressees – they will be given to poachers caught by Nature Guards.
"The poaching problem is a serious issue here, especially in the rural areas. We want both children and grown-ups to think about it. May be at least some of them will change their attitude to illegal hunt and other kind of poaching," – says Yana Peretolchina, leader of environmental education team of the Nature Guards.