Traders hand over rare-animal skins
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Traders in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir handed over truckloads of animal skins and fur garments to wildlife officials.
The skins belonged to tigers, leopards, snow leopards and other rare animals. A 1997 law provides for up to six years in prison for killing the animals.
More than 200 traders are expected to hand over more than 800,000 skins and fur garments, stocks they held when the ban was imposed, officials said. It took nearly 10 years to get $2.3 million in payments approved.
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