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A daring operation led to arrests [1]

Ahmedabad: Forest officials posed as traders in animal skin to catch a gang trying to sell a leopard hide as that of a tiger. They used a gang member as a middleman to strike the deal. He escorted the foresters through the Vijaynagar jungles on a bike to the gang.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Leopard [4], Poaching [5], Gujarat [6], Palanpur [7]
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