AR-News: (India) Rare tiger skin seized

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Siliguri | March 05, 2004 10:10:09 AM IST
 
Forest guards in Siliguri on Thursday recovered a 41-inch Royal Bengal tiger 
skin, worth over Rs. 200,000 from a local poacher. 
The rare tiger skin was seized in an overnight raid at a hotel by a forest 
officer posing as a buyer.

The poacher, who was accompanied by a woman and a young child, believed to be 
his family, managed to escape.

"The seller told him (forest officer) that I have one tiger paw and tiger 
skin, so you can come with me. He took the beat officer with him behind a kiosk 
and showed him the skin. The beat officer caught hold of him but he fled away 
along with a woman and a child," M.C Biswas, the divisional forest officer, 
said. 






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