Date:10/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/10/stories/2008061051780200.htm

Andhra Pradesh

On a mission to save tiger

S. Harpal Singh

Aseem runs an NGO called Wildlife Adventure Society
Ashish specialises in wildlife and conservation

ADILABAD: M. Aseem and Ashish Kumar from Karnataka have undertaken the task of spreading the message on the need to save the tiger in India. Over a two-month period the young duo will be biking to all the tiger reserves in the country to spread the message. The youngsters on a trip that will take them to Corbett and Ranathambore National Parks, the Sariska Tiger and Gir Lion Reserves, passed through Adilabad on Monday and stopped at the forest centenary park near Mavala and spoke to The Hindu about the objective of the mission. Aseem is a real estate consultant and also runs an NGO. Twenty-year-old Ashish is a student of Biotechnology and runs an NGO called Purlieus in his college that specialises in wildlife and environment conservation.