SHATOOSH SEIZURES
June 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INDIA'S Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized 45 shahtoosh shawls and two shirts, acting on information from the Wildlife Protection Society of India. The items were discovered in Delhi and included one seven metre length of uncut shahtoosh fabric. Made from fine wool shorn from killed endangered Tibetan antelopes, shahtoosh products are extremely expensive as well as illegal under the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
INDIA'S Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized 45 shahtoosh shawls and two shirts, acting on information from the Wildlife Protection Society of India. The items were discovered in Delhi and included one seven metre length of uncut shahtoosh fabric. Made from fine wool shorn from killed endangered Tibetan antelopes, shahtoosh products are extremely expensive as well as illegal under the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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