VMD 511: Animal Welfare, Ethics and Jurisprudence (2+0)

Learning outcome

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Wildlife conservation is the preservation, protection, or restoration of wildlife and their environment, especially in relation to endangered and vulnerable species. All living non-domesticated animals, even if bred, hatched or born in captivity, are considered wild animals. Wildlife represents all the non-cultivated and non-domesticated animals living in their natural habitats. Our world has many unique and rare animals, birds and reptiles. However the pressure of growing population in different parts of the world has led to the increasing need of using land for human habitations and agriculture. This has led to the reduced habitat of many wild animals.

Hence Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI implements wild life protection act into force to conserve the wildlife in India. This chapter mainly focusing on this area.