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Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:
5. Kings/British officials engaged in shikar (hunting)
Answer:
Answer to be written in the exam:
Kings/British officials engaged in shikar (hunting)
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The forest laws
took away the forest residents' source of income.
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The forest dwellers e
ngaged in hunting as a method
of subsistence prior to the adoption of these regulations.
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They were
prohibited from hunting
after they were put into effect.
- Instead, hunting developed into a sport where both kings and British officials hunted large animals in great numbers, pushing some species almost to extinction.
