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With the advent of use of gun powder for canons and subsequent arrival of Europeans in
particular British, there had been a gradual spurt in Shikar activities in many jungles of Bengal
and adjacent states.
When their company work reached a comfortable level, in between their work and land
expansion activities, the employees of British East India company and their
representatives needed a recreation and they found tremendous opportunity in hunting in the
thick jungles of India.
As part of their land expansion work, etc they faced serious threats from wild animals especially
lions, tigers, leopard, etc because their work frequently took them through
wooded areas infested with wild beasts. Better technical advances in ballistic weapons like guns,
rifles, etc came handy for them to confront the wild beasts. This gradually led to the slow decline
of big cats in their habitats.
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