Black Bucks

“When my father was growing up he remembers traveling in a car and having to wait more than 15 minutes for huge herds of antelopes to cross!The black buck is one of India’s most beautiful antelope. It was very popular game and hunted for centuries. It is an endangered species today and protected by law. One of the main reasons for the survival of the antelope is many parts of Rajasthan are the Bishnoi community. They protect nature by religion and are arguably the first ecologists of the world. The antelope numbers decreased drastically in the 1960s and 1970s when hunting was not regulated. Before that the Maharajas killed a lot, but in a systematic manner which kept the numbers up.”