Ahmedabad/Palanpur: In the first ever sting operation carried out by the forest department, an old leopard skin, probably stolen from the royal Palace of Vijaynagar, was recovered late on Wednesday night.
In a joint operation of Intelligence Bureau officials and the forest department, four members of a gang which was into animal skin trade, were arrested.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/4-held-leopard-skin-sabarkantha
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-ahmedabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/leopard
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palanpur