Become A ZOO Volunteer
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Trivandrum Zoo Biodiversity Club
Volunteering is a fantastic way for the students and public to become part of the Museum Zoo team and sharing the vital work of saving species from extinction.The time and talents of the volunteers will be diverse, a dedicated team could help in creating a wilder, healthier, more colourful world. In the Museums and Zoos department, volunteer support could be used for engaging zoo visitors, raising funds, free roaming faunal monitoring survey, to co-ordinate various educational and research programmes to meet the needs of our mission.
We propose this project to develop and encourage the volunteers, thereby working as a team and we could promote a learning culture, treat people fairly, encourage diversity in the workplace, and value the opinions and views of others.
Thiruvananthapuram Zoo Bird Monitoring Team is one of the most active on-going volunteer-based activity in the Department. This monitoring activity was started in August 2022 as part of the Onam Bird count, and is held twice in a month under the leadership of TNHM Superintendent. At present, the team is conducting surveys and updating their findings in e-bird app. The volunteers from WWF, Wildlife Consultant & Herpetologist Dr. V Sujith Gopalan and Sri. A K Shivakumar is currently extending their support for the programme. Besides, bird monitoring TZBC is also conducting twice in a month odonate monitoring survey from 1 January 2024 and Butterfly monitoring survey from 1st June 2024. Odonate Experts Dr Sujith V Gopalan and Reji Chandran are extending support for the odonate survey, and Sri Baiju Paluvally, Research Associate TNHS is extending support for the butterfly monitoring programme.