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==[[w:Salman Khan|Salman Khan]] and the sacred [[Antilope cervicapra|Blackbuck]] episode==
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The black buck is a species of [[w:antelope|antelope]] native to the [[w:Indian subcontinent|Indian subcontinent]]. Since 2003, it has been listed as [[w:near threatened|near threatened]].<ref name=iucn>Mallon, D.P. (2008). "[http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/1681 Antilope cervicapra]". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature</ref> by [[w:IUCN|IUCN]] and considered an [[w:endangered|endangered species]] in India. It is protected under the [[w:Wildlife Protection Act of 1972|Wildlife Protection Act of 1972]]. Several communities, both in the northern and southern parts of India, consider the antelope sacred.

In 1999, while shooting for a film in [[w:Rajasthan|Rajasthan]], Bollywood actor [[w:Salman Khan|Salman Khan]], was involved in a poaching incident concerning blackbucks<ref name="Chakpak">[http://box4.chakpak.com:9080/articles/?p=11351 The Salman Khan Black Buck Incident – Details And Aftermath] Retrieved: August 8, 2011</ref>. He and a few other film actors went out hunting and ended up killing two blackbucks and several [[w:Gazella bennettii|chinkaras]]. The killings enraged the local [[w:Bishnoi|Bishnoi]] community, which considers all wildlife sacred. The Bishnoi community is a fervently conservationist community in Rajasthan which has been lauded worldwide for its eco-friendly, modernist cultural practices <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/02/science/sect-in-india-guards-desert-wildlife.html Sect in India Guards Desert Wildlife] ''The New York Times. Published: February 02, 1993'' Retrieved: August 8, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.nativeplanet.org/indigenous/cultures/india/bishnoi/bishnoi.shtml The Desert Dwellers of Rajasthan] Retrieved: August 8, 2011</ref>.

The vociferous opposition of the Bishnoi community was caught on by the national media<ref name=Chakpak/> and the issue soon became a national issue. Normally in India, where the rich, powerful and the connected go scot-free even after committing heinous crimes, public pressure - especially from the Bishnoi community - forced Rajasthan police to arrest Salman Khan. After seven years of litigation, Salman Khan was fined Rs. 25,000 and sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment for breaking the strict wildlife protection laws.

Although Salman Khan's petition for deference of the jail term has been pending for five long years<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_black-bucks-killing-hearing-on-salman-khan-s-plea-to-begin-tomorrow_1573897 Black bucks killing: Hearing on Salman Khan's plea to begin tomorrow] Retrieved: August 8, 2011</ref> and he may eventually probably go free, this episode highlights the power of faith and belief in promoting wildlife conservation. If every community in India decided to conserve the flora and fauna it considered sacred, a lot of species (and forestland) may be saved from destruction.
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 The black buck is a species of [[w:antelope|antelope]] native to the [[w:Indian subcontinent|Indian subcontinent]]. Since 2003, it has been listed as [[w:near threatened|near threatened]].<ref name=iucn>Mallon, D.P. (2008). "[http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/1681 Antilope cervicapra]". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature</ref> by [[w:IUCN|IUCN]] and considered an [[w:endangered|endangered species]] in India. It is protected under the [[w:Wildlife Protection Act of 1972|Wildlife Protection Act of 1972]]. Several communities, both in the northern and southern parts of India, consider the antelope sacred.