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Tiger, leopard poaching cases pending for 40 years in MP courts [1]

Fifty-three cases of tiger poaching and 160 cases of killing of leopard are being tried in various courts in Madhya Pradesh, some for over four decades.

A case of tiger death registered on May 17, 1975 in Kanha National Park in Mandla district is still pending decision in the court. Another case of tiger death registered on September 25, 1979 in Balaghat district is also under the legal process.

Publication Date: 
13/01/2014
Times Of India (Bhopal) [2]
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh [3], Mandla (D) [4], Kanha NP [5], Balaghat (D) [6], Leopard [7], Poaching [8], National Tiger Conservation Authority [9], Chhindwara (D) [10], Tiger [11], Tiger Reserves [12], Wildlife [13]
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