Social Science 3 Marks Each

Different projects for the protection of wildlife are as follows: 
1. Project Tiger: Considering the decreasing number of tigers and their hunt, the Government of India has started Project Tiger In 1973. 
→This project was implemented with 9 protected zones, under which 48 areas are covered.
2. Project Lion: Earlier, the lions were seen up to the forests in Iran of Asian sub-continent. But due to their hunting and the destruction of forests, the lions are now found only in Gir forest of Saurashtra. At one time, the number of lions was reduced to 100. So the 'Project Lion was implemented by the Government in 1972. 
→Similarly, Hangool Project for Kashmiri bara-singa which is a rare species of deer, 'Crocodile Project' for crocodiles of saline water, 'Rhino Project' for the protection of Indian rhino, 'Snow Leopard Project, etc. are implemented.

The forests which are dwellings for wildlife are destroyed on very large scale. Increasing human Population, expanding cities, increasing demand for wood, etc. have encouraged the illegal tree felling It has led to adverse effects on wildlife. Some animal species have become extinct due to the loss of their dwellings.
→ Many times, the farmers use the forbidden ecticides for the conservation of their crops and thus cause the death of many animals.
→To save their own cattle from Hon-leopards, the maldharis (shepherds) sometimes use poison to kill lion-leopards. 
→Animals and birds are killed to obtain their meat, hides, bones, horns, teeth, feathers, etc. 
→The vehicular noise in forests, pollution, dearth of medical services for animals, excessive use of insecticides, etc. are also the danger for the wildlife. 
→Due to irregular rainfall and excessive use of water by men, the forests are vanishing, So the wild animals do not get enough drinking water. 
Due to many such problems, the wildlife is in danger today.

Since the last few decades, a danger bangs on the existence of wildlife of India and so there is a decrease in the number of wild animals. 
→ Before about one hundred years, there were many tigers in India. According to an estimate of 2014 by the Forest and Environment Ministry. 
today there are 2226 tigers.
→The number of species of vulture has also decreased due to eating the meat, polluted because of the use of diclofenec drug used to treat sick milch cattle.
→The leopards which were found in India in the beginning of the 20th century are almost extinct in the country.
→Earlier, the Asiatic lions were found strolling in the forests of Asiatic forests of middle-eastern countries are now found only in Gir forests. Due to the implementation of 'Lion Project', and their breeding, there are now 523 lions In 2015. 
→At one time, flamingos were seen in very large numbers in the country, but today their number has reduced.
→Shyam Garud (Black eagle) which is a native of mountain forests in Gujarat is also rarely seen. 
→Chilotro, a bird found in the mountain forests of Vijaynagar Taluka of Sabarkantha district, is also hardly seen nowadays.