Wildlife Conservation and Management: Principles and Practices

The practice of protecting wild species and their habitats is known as wildlife conservation. The primary motive of this domain is to prevent the extinction of species. Some of the factors which threaten wildlife are degradation and destruction of habitat, poaching, overexploitation, climate change and hunting. Habitat destruction refers to the decline in the number of locations where wildlife can thrive. Harvesting animals on a scale which is larger at which the species can recover causes ...