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| Wildlife Resources |
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| Wild life resources include all animals, which grow and propagate naturally without any sort of human interference. They remain in wild form without any sort of friendly association with man. Invariably they are in forests. |
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| Wildlife serves as a resource to maintain the ecological balance as well as source of entertainment besides acting as source to produce the meat, skins and other animal products. |
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| The animal species like lion, tiger, cheetah, deer, bear, jackal and number of wild birds are included in wild life wealth. |
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| Although 'wildlife' refers to any form of life living in its wild (uninterfered) or natural habitat, 'wildlife' in practice means a group of animals living in forests or other natural habitats. It usually signifies the animals in wild form without being domesticated. Once upon a time, the present day domestic animals like cattle, horse, buffalo, cat, dog were in wild form. |
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| Wild life resources form important natural resource of a nation. Preserving the wild life is on prioritized agenda of many nations, including India. |
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| Each species of wild life enjoys specific climate and specific agro ecological situation and therefore more acclimatized to such situation. Most of wild animals are confined to specific situation. Their breeding and feeding habits are adjusted to such situations. |
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| Wildlife includes several hundreds of types of birds, many types of amphibians, reptiles, mammalians and other species. Based on the degree of threat rating on them, they could be classified as |
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| Endangered Species |
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| Their numbers have been reduced to a critical level pushing them to near extinction. They may become extinct very shortly. 81 species of mammalians, 38 species of birds, 18 species of amphibians / reptiles are identified as endangered species in India. Some of them are Nilgiri langur, clouded leopard, snow leopard, wolf, Himalayan brown bear, red panda, Asian elephant, one horned rhinoceros, Asiatic wild ass, wild buffaloe, Kashmir stag, slender loris, musk deer, peacock, hornbill, great Indian Bustard, Reticulated python, Indian rock python, Olive ridley sea turtle. |
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| Vulnerable Species |
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| Their population is still abundant but their habitat is adversely affected. They may become endangered if their habitat continues to be affected. |
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| Examples: Leopard and golden langur. |
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| Rare Species |
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| They are such species - whose population is very thinly populated on a wide geographical area - affecting their natural reproduction. |
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| Examples: Snow loris, Indian desert cat and wild yak. |
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