madurai it was wisdom flowing from years of handling animals as retired scientist and veterinary officer of national zoological park dr n paneerselvam shared his experience with students of zoology department of fatima college here on tuesday starting from handling of elephants snakes including king cobra rhinoceros and indian gaurs he shared with them his experiences as veterinary officer for wild animals in enclosurepg department of zoology fatima college organised an intercollegiate meet ecdysia17 to celebrate the diamond jubilee year of the department as well as wildlife week dr sr celine sahaya mary principal of fatima college inaugurated the event and during her address stated that there is a dire need for the conservation of animals she motivated the students to work on this field paneerselvam stated that understanding the psychology of wild animals was the key to handle them the personal safety of the handler was pivotal and safety of wild animals was also important he said tranquilising wild animals was another art which requires lot of skill and a set of protocols to be followed for the safety of animals mananimal conflict has increased of late because of human intrusion of destroying elephant corridors and depleting food sources in forest areas the fringe areas near forest once used to be sparsely populated but situation is different now he stateddr sr francisco flora secretary of the college in her valedictory address insisted on restoring the nature oriented life as it was in the stone age by conserving the environment restoring the natural resources seventy students from 8 colleges participated various competitions were conducted on the theme of wildlife conservation and the overall shield was won by american college madurai