“There were ten people with tiger skin, leopard skin, ivories, tiger teeth, pangolin scale, musk of musk deer, bones of tiger and leopard. They opened fire at the five-member police patrol team and the police returned fire on Saturday night,”
“These items are banned by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Local people estimated the animal parts to be worth half a million U.S. dollars.”
Source : NZweek
Author : Thomas Whittle
To read the full article : http://www.nzweek.com/world/smuggler-arrested-in-nepal-with-large-cache-of-banned-animal-parts-64710/
