Wild Life Protection Act 1972

WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT
1972
Ms. Bushra Shaikh

INTRODUCTION
• Wildlife traditionally refers to non-domesticated animal

species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other
organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being
introduced by humans.
• Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests,
rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the
most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife
WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT
1972
• The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
is an Act of the Parliament of India
enacted for protection of plants
and animal species. Before 1972,
India only had five designated
national parks.
OBJECTIVES
• The main objectives of the Act are as

Follows:
• Prohibition on Hunting of Specified wild
animals, birds and plants.
• Setting up and management of national
parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
• Control of Trade and Commerce in wildlife
and wildlife products.
DEFINITION IN WILD LIFE ACT
The Section 2(37) of the Act defines wildlife
• ANIMAL: “Animal" includes amphibians,
birds, mammals, and reptiles, and their
young, and also includes, in the cases of
birds and reptiles, their eggs.
• ANIMAL ARTICLE: ‘Animal Article’ means
an article made from any captive or wild
animal ,other than vermin and also include
an article or object in which the whole or
any part of animal has been used.
• HUNTING: ‘hunting’ includes:-
• a)capturing ,poisoning ,killing or trapping
any wild animal and every attempt to do so
• b)injuring, destroying ,or taking any body
part of any such animal ,or in case of wild
Territorial Jurisdiction of Wildlife (Protection)
Act, 1972:
•It has been accepted and adopted by all the states except
Jammu and Kashmir.
•This is the first comprehensive legislation relating to
protection of wildlife was passed by the parliament.
•In 1972, came to know as The Wild Life (Protection) Act,
1972.
Authorities Constituted Under Wildlife
Protection Act:
• Section 3
• Section 4
• Section 6
Hunting of Wild Animals (Section 9)
• Sec. 9 of the Act prohibited hunting of any wild
animal specified in Schedules 1, 2, 3, and 4.
• Any person who hunts any wild animal shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to 3 years or with fine which may
extend to Rs. 25000/- or with both.
• If the person commits the offence in the sanctuary
or national park, with respect any animal
specified in Schedule 1, he shall be punishable
with imprisonment which shall not be less than 1
year but may extend to 6 years and also with fine
which shall not be less than 5000/-.
Hunting wildlife Animals to be
permitted in certain cases:
• Dangerous to human life

• Disabled or diseases as to
beyond recovery.
• Dangerous to land, property,
crops.
Protection of
Specified Plants:
Sec. 17A of the Act prohibits
picking, uprooting, etc. of specified
plants. As otherwise no person
shall:
a) Willfully, pick, uproot, damage
destroy, acquire or collect any
specified plants from any
forestland and area specified by
notification, by the Central
Government.
b) Possess, sell , other for sale, or
transfer by way of gift or
otherwise or transport any
specified plant, whether alive or
dead.
• A national park is protected
area of land in which a
typical ecosystem with all
wild plants and animals are
protected and preserved in
natural surrounding.
• Once a national park is
declared, no alteration of
the boundaries shall be
made except on the
resolution passed by the
legislation of the state.
In a National park the following activities are
strictly prohibited:
• Destroying, exploring or removing any

wildlife
• Destroying, damaging the habitat of any
wildlife.
• Deprive any wild animal of its habitat.
• Grazing of any livestock.
Article 51 A (g), was inserted into our
Constitution, making it the fundamental duty of
every citizen to protect and improve the
natural environment, including forests, lakes,
rivers and wildlife, and to have compassion for
living creatures.
THANK YOU….

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WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT

Ms. Bushra Shaikh

• Wildlife traditionally refers to non-domesticated animal

• The main objectives of the Act are as

• Dangerous to human life

• Destroying, exploring or removing any

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