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Can you relate instances of game-hunting among the rich and the powerful in the present times that illustrate the callousness of human beings towards wildlife?

Game-hunting among the rich and the powerful in the present times is also prevalent and popular as much as it was in the past. Affluent people all over the world kill innocent animals for fun, egotistic pleasure. There are laws in India, banning and condemning poaching, hunting, and selling animal body parts such as bones, tusks, skin, furs, horns, scales etc. But these laws are not enforced properly so hunters and poachers illegally hunt, and sell animal parts across the border in the black market, to highest bidders and sellers for lakhs and crores of cash. They get away with killing animals such as elephants, tigers, deer, rhinos, birds, aquatic creatures etc., originally are protected by law. These poachers and hunters are armed with superior guns and vehicles and aided by corrupt forest guards and officials, politicians, with a mere exchange of cash are even able to hunt in protected parks and sanctuaries and reserves built to protect the animals from their activities. As a result, several species have become extinct and others are endangered as a result of commercial processing and encroachment by human beings. The only hope for the survival of the endangered species exists in the form of activists who champion animal rights and protesting strongly against such indiscriminate killing and hunting. Also, religious practices of indigenous communities like Bishnoi and the Kathi have aided significantly in preserving wildlife. We must join hands in protest and spread awareness of the severity and intensity of the crimes inflicted on helpless animals which are no less than murder on a capital degree. Strict penalties must be placed on the offenders of the laws passed to preserve wildlife.


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