4-Mar-10 3:00 PM CST

Friends of Kaziranga - a Film on Unsung Heroes of the Park

GUWAHATI: They toil hard and unsung with minimum bare facilities to protect the endangered rhino along with other animals and it is their conservation efforts that has brought fame and glory to Assam's Kaziranga National Park.

Forest guards of the Park have been long neglected but a 21-minute documentary film '....and the Friends of Kaziranga' by Assam's noted film editor Kaju is a humble effort to pay tribute to these guards who work against all odds to protect animals.

Be it natural disasters like floods or threat from both poachers and animals, forest guards work round the clock and it is entirely due to their efforts that the Kaziranga National Park has become the success story that it is today.

'I decided to make the film as there is no denying the fact that the commitment, dedication and untiring efforts of every forest guard is the key to the successful conservation story of the national park', Kaju said.

These forest guards, who stay away from their families in anti-poaching camps located deep inside the forests of the Park, face many hazards.

Till a few years ago they had to deal with these situations with outdated equipment and little monetary benefits, he added.

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