Question

By taking the example of snakes, explain how by killing small animals, we are actually harming ourselves.

Answer 1

Snake is a small wild animal.The skin of snake is in great demand for making fancy leather goods, so
the snake skin sells at a high price in the market.To make some money, some greedy people kill the
snakes in large number to obtain their skin.Large scale killing of snakes disrupts the food chain in
which snakes occur and creates an imbalance in nature.Snake eats vermins like rats and mice which
are pests and damage the crop.When the snakes are killed in large number, the population of snakes
is reduced greatly.Due to lesser number of predator snakes, the population of pests like rats and mice
in crop-field increases.The increased number damage the standing crops leading to loss in the
production of food grains.