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Bid to smuggle in velvet monkeys foiled [1]

Twelve very rare and endangered velvet monkeys that were being brought into the country by using forged documents have been confiscated and the wildlife trafficker has been caught and fined.

According to sources, the smuggled moneys are being kept in quarantine, and the fine has been recovered by the Sindh Wildlife Department.

Publication Date: 
19/06/2009
Bhagwandas [2]
Dawn (Pakistan) [3]
Tags:
Endangered Species [4], Wildlife [5], Monkey [6], Birds [7], Illegal Trade [8], Pakistan [9]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bhagwandas
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/dawn-pakistan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monkey
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan