France 24 2 weeks ago

Nepal emerges as 'poacher's paradise'

Nepalese poachers (front) being held by police officers with a tiger skin seized from a hotel in Chitwan, southwest of Kathmandu. Conservationists say Nepal is fast becoming a transit hub for endangered species, with rhino horns and tiger skins from India being smuggled through the Himalayan nation into neighbouring China.

AFP - Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cut off. Full Article at France 24

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