Short Essay on 'Wild Animals' (200 Words)


'Wild Animal' is a term that refers to animals that are not normally domesticated. Wild animals generally live in forests. The major wild animals of India are elephant, tiger, lion, rhino, bear etc. Wild animals are a living resource that will die and be replaced by others of their kind. Wild animals plays an important role in balancing the environment and provides stability to different natural processes of nature. It can be found in all ecosystems, desert, rain forests, plains and other areas. India's wildlife is both rich and varied, it includes all flora and fauna, animals, plants and macro organisms.

Wild animals are important for their beauty, economic, scientific and survival value. It helps to maintain the ecological balance of nature and maintains the food chain. It provides useful substances and wild animal products like ivory, leather, honey, tusk etc. Besides being a country's cultural asset, it also provides aesthetic value to man. We largely depend on wild animals for every elementary requirement in our life eg. the clothes we wear and the medicines we consume.

Wildlife conservation encompasses all human activities and efforts directed to preserve wild animal from extinction. It involves both protection and scientific management of wild species. Wildlife and nature have largely being associated with humans for numerous emotional and social reasons. Wildlife plays an essential role in the ecological and biological processes that are yet again significant to life. The normal functioning of the biosphere depends on endless interaction among animals, plants and micro organisms. Wildlife has occupied a special place of veneration and preservation in various cultures of the world. 
  
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