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List any four objectives of the Wild-life (Protection) Act, 1972, amended in 1991.

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OBJECTIVE OF WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT (1972) :

 1.The sections in this schedule give absolute protection to certain species and these cannot be infringed on any account. 

2. By this act government provide security to animals that are not in danger of becoming extinct.

3. This act also delineates animals that can be hunted like ducks and deer’s. For this purpose the hunter has to apply for a license to the District Forest Officer who will allow a hunter to shoot during a specific season and restricted area. Any infringement can lead to cancellation of the hunting license.

4. It also concerns cultivation and plant life and gives teeth to setting up more protected animal parks.

The Indian Wild life protection act is a god send for wild life conservation in India and gives sweeping powers to law enforcement authorities to punish anybody guilty under the act.

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