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money by using animals as a source of entertainment for people, specially

              children. Some people entertain people by showing mock fights between
              mongoose and a snake, some use a musical instrument called been to make
              a snake dance, while some arrange shows in which monkeys make people
              laugh by their tricks.


















                     A Snake Charmer                        A Madari                        A Parrot Show
              Some animals like bear, chimpanzee, lion, elephant, rabbit, dog, parrot, etc.

              are used in circus to entertain people. They are trained for shows. But, they
              are exploited in a circus.

              However, in recent times the government has banned such activities wherein
              animals are tortured.

              Conservation of Wildlife

              The  number  of  some  animals  is  decreasing  day-by-day.  Some  animals  are

              very useful to us and maintain balance in our environment. People and our
              government  are  showing  concern  about  the  decline  in  animals’s  number.
              Many  National  Parks  and  Sanctuaries  have  been  established  to  conserve

              wildlife. Projects like Project Tiger and Project Elephant have been started to
              protect wild animals.

              Some of the famous National Parks and Sanctuaries are mentioned below:

                                                           Jim Corbett                  —      Uttarakhand

                                                           Namdapha National Park  —           Arunachal Pradesh

                                                           Bandipur National Park       —      Karnataka
                                                           Indravati Tiger Reserve      —      Madhya Pradesh

                                                           Kanha National Park          —      Madhya Pradesh

                                                           Sunderbans National Park —          West Bengal
                                                           Nagarhole Park               —      Kerala

                   Jim Corbett National Park               Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary  —         Haryana

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