Poaching in Afghanistan

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2007:

 

 

Poaching in Afghanistan

 

Poaching, never well-controlled in Afghanistan, appears to

be more blatant than ever, freelance correspondent Jeff Hodson

reported for the Seattle Times in mid-January 2007.

" The skins of wolves and wild cats hang in fur shops in

Kabul, " Hodson wrote, " along with rabbit-skin rugs and full-length

fox coats, despite a nationwide ban on hunting and international

laws prohibiting their trade. Foreign soldiers and aid workers are

the main buyers, according to conservationists. "

Wildlife Conservation Society director of Afghanistan

programs Alex Deghan told Hodson that " he knows of one aid worker who

had a comforter made from two or three snow-leopard skins. "

 

 

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