VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

ENDANGERED WILD ANIMAL SPECIES IN INDIA

• Endangered wild animals  are those whose numbers are at a critically low level and whose habitats are so drastically reduced or damaged that they are in imminent danger of extinction.
• The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) maintains a Red Data Book providing a record of animals that are known to be in danger.
• In India, it is the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 that provides four schedules categorizing the fauna of India based on their conservation status. Schedule I list out the rare and endangered wild animal species that are governed by significant legal status.