Question

What are the characteristic features of wildlife protection act 1972?

Answer 1

The characteristics are listed here below ;

All animals were protected in this act .

There were many plants and species of animals but the only problem is that there were only 5 parks hence there was need to increase the wild life conservation  parks.

Hunting and harvesting this many species was outlawed and prohibited .

Answer 2

The wildlife protection act was enacted to protect the many wild animal and plant species in India.  

It applies to the entire Indian state except for the states of Jammu and Kashmir as these states have their laws.

The act has six schedules which categorise plants and animals by the degree of protection required from them.

Wild animals have got legal protection against their hunting and commercial exploitation now.

Project Tiger and Project Elephant were launched to safeguard and target especially endangered species.