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    The Wild Life Protection Act was enacted in 1972 to protect wildlife in India. It established schedules that list species threatened by extinction and prohibit their hunting. Schedule 1 includes endangered animals like tigers, lions, rhinoceros, and birds like vultures and hornbills. The act helped increase populations of threatened species - rhinoceros increased from 75 in 1905 to over 3,500 today in India and Nepal, and tiger numbers grew from 1,800 in 1971 to over 2,200 in 2014. It also expanded the national park system from just 5 parks to over 110 parks today.

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    How to protect and what are the rules and regulations of wildlife.

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    The Wild Life Protection Act was enacted in 1972 to protect wildlife in India. It established schedules that list species threatened by extinction and prohibit their hunting. Schedule 1 includes endangered animals like tigers, lions, rhinoceros, and birds like vultures and hornbills. The act helped increase populations of threatened species - rhinoceros increased from 75 in 1905 to over 3,500 today in India and Nepal, and tiger numbers grew from 1,800 in 1971 to over 2,200 in 2014. It also expanded the national park system from just 5 parks to over 110 parks today.

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    Wildlife Protection Act

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    The Wild Life Protection Act was enacted in 1972 to protect wildlife in India. It established schedules that list species threatened by extinction and prohibit their hunting. Schedule 1 includes endangered animals like tigers, lions, rhinoceros, and birds like vultures and hornbills. The act helped increase populations of threatened species - rhinoceros increased from 75 in 1905 to over 3,500 today in India and Nepal, and tiger numbers grew from 1,800 in 1971 to over 2,200 in 2014. It also expanded the national park system from just 5 parks to over 110 parks today.

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    • WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT

    FACTS
    Befor WLPA After WLPA

    Number of rhinoceros only 75 in 1905. Now it is 3550 in India and Nepal.


    Only 5 national park. Today it has grown to 110 (July, 2018).
    In 1971, 1800 tigers were present in The number of tiger was 2,226 in 2014.
    Indian subcontinent (in 1971 Delhi High
    court banned tiger hunting).
    Taxidermy
    SCHEDULE 1
    ANIMALS
    • Andaman Wild pig
    • Black Buck
    • Caracal
    • Chinkara or India Gazelle
    • Clouded Leopard
    • Desert Cat
    • Dugong
    • ASIATIC LION
    • Indian Wild Ass
    • Lion-tailed Macaque
    • Pangolin
    • Rhinoceros
    • Tiger
    • Wild Buffalo
    SCHEDULE -1
    BIRDS
    • Hornbills
    • Vultures
    • Indian Peafowl etc.

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