Question

Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:

Kings/British officials engaged in shikar

Answer 1

The effect of changes in forest management in the colonial period on —

Kings/British officials engaged in shikar: This group was a happy lot because the British government viewed large animals as symbols of a wild, savage and primitive society. Consequently, hunting tigers, wolves and the like was encouraged. Around 80,000 tigers, 150,000 leopards and 200,000 wolves were hunted down for reward from 1875-to 1925.