What is Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972?
The '''Wildlife Protection Act of 1972''' is a set of [[law]]s created in 1972 by the [[India#Government|Government of India]]. Before 1972, [[India]] had only five [[national parks]]. The Act protects wild animals, a birds and plants in all of [[India]], except the State of [[Jammu and Kashmir]], which has its own wildlife act. It has six sections that give different degrees of protection. [http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s1.html Schedule I] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911112324/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s1.html |date=2010-09-11 }} and part II of [http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s2.html Schedule II] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911112329/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s2.html |date=2010-09-11 }} provide complete protection. Offences under these are given the highest [[penalty]]. Species listed in [http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s3.html Schedule III] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911112334/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s3.html |date=2010-09-11 }} and [http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s4.html Schedule IV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115020300/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s4.html |date=2010-11-15 }} are also protected, but the penalties are much lower. [http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s5.html Schedule V] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911112344/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s5.html |date=2010-09-11 }} includes the animals that can be [[hunt]]ed. The plants in [http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s6.html Schedule VI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911112351/http://envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife2s6.html |date=2010-09-11 }} are prohibited from [[harvest]]ing and planting. == Other websites== * [http://www.envfor.nic.in/legis/wildlife/wildlife1.html The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20