Salman Khan. Pic/PTI

The conviction of actor Salman Khan for killing blackbucks, has brought the antelope, a species protected under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, into focus. In a span of four years, around 27 blackbucks have been killed in road accidents in Pune forest regions due to rash driving, say forest officials. Statistics say that two blackbucks were killed in road accidents in 2013-14, in 2014 -15 the number went to six, and in 2015-16, 15 were killed this way. In 2016-17 four blackbucks were killed in road accidents.