The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972- Definitions, Hunting of Wild Animals (sec- 9,11 &12)

Sanjay Gandhi National Park sits inside Mumbai, and leopards from it have wandered into Aarey Colony and the housing societies around it. A forest officer who tranquilises and moves one is acting lawfully; a man who poisons one is committing an offence that can send him to prison for years. Who draws that line, and on what terms? The Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 draws it, in a few precise sections that every student must be able to recite.

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The Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 bans hunting of protected wild animals (s.9) except on a written order when an animal turns dangerous or incurably ill (s.11) or under a permit for listed purposes (s.12), protects specified plants (ss.17A–17H), creates sanctuaries, national parks and reserves (ss.18–38), and punishes offences under ss.50–58Y.

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