. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. xii DIARY OF A SPORTSMAN NATURALIST adequate and affect but a tithe of the extremely interesting fauna of the country ; and even those are protected but partially. Poaching, at which the native is an adept, still flourishes with all its pristine and cruel vigour. The creation of Game Sanctuaries has been commenced with a view to affording protection to certain animals, such as the gaur or bison and rhinoceros and elsewhere to deer. The question as to the length of time a tract should remain a sanctuary is, however, still
. The diary of a sportsman naturalist in India. Hunting; Game protection. xii DIARY OF A SPORTSMAN NATURALIST adequate and affect but a tithe of the extremely interesting fauna of the country ; and even those are protected but partially. Poaching, at which the native is an adept, still flourishes with all its pristine and cruel vigour. The creation of Game Sanctuaries has been commenced with a view to affording protection to certain animals, such as the gaur or bison and rhinoceros and elsewhere to deer. The question as to the length of time a tract should remain a sanctuary is, however, still a debatable point, as also the period of the close time which should be instituted for animals in areas outside the sanctuary. It is the object of these notes to draw attention to the urgent necessity of considering the Indian Fauna question as a whole. The chapters devoted to sport bring out the ever-increasing diminution in the numbers of game animals in different parts of the country within the last two to three decades. The economic value of the fauna is also dealt with; a matter which has received but httle attention in the past. In the last chapter it is suggested that the Indian Fauna as a whole requires a more adequate protection based on a correct understanding of the habits of the varying species. Zoologists consider this fauna to be one of the most interesting of the land fauna of the Globe. In the face of modern developments—the extension of agriculture, in the activities of the Forest Department, the opening out of the country by railways and roads for motor traffic, in the construction of canal and irrigation works—it has become vital that measures for the protection of the fauna based on an impartial review of existing facts should be undertaken before it becomes too Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfe
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