Wildlife Protection And Conservation: Conclusion On Wildlife Conservation

Conclusion:- Like forests wildlife is also a natural resources which not only helps in maintaining the ecological balance but is also beneficial from economic, recreational and aesthetic points of view. There was a time when human interference was minimum, the number of wild animals was quite high and there was no problem of their protection or conservation. But with the expansion of agriculture, settlement, industrial and other developmental activities and mainly due to greed of man the number of wild animals gradually became lesser and lesser. Let us not forget that the Wildlife Protection Act is for securing protection of the wild life. The way the wild animals are vanishing from the Earth, there is an absolute urgent need to stop hunting or killing of wild animals in general and endangered species in particular. Several species of animals have been pronounced extinct and several others are at the verge of extinction. Deforestation is also one of the reasons for the loss of wildlife. Mass scale killings of wild animals for their meat, bones, fur, teeth, hair, skin, etc. are going on throughout the world. Therefore, the need for wildlife conservation has now become a necessity. It is in this regard that a stricter action needs to be taken against all such offenders even at the level of granting of bail, lest such offenders may harbour the idea that they can always commit offences and wriggle out of the clutches of the judicial system. The provisions