Guest guest Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 No more wildlife parts for royals June 27 http://citesnepal.org/wildlife_times/wildlife_times7.pdf Chitwan,Since the last two years, the Armed Forest Guard Training Centre in East Chitwan have stopped sending wildlife parts to the Royal Palace. Every year, the Royal Palace would demand for wildlife parts caught or stored at the Armed Forest Guard Training Centre at Tikauli for different purposes. According to a source, the palace demands included Deer skin (8pcs) and leopard skin (5pcs) while for 'Puja Celebration' the demand included Chittal skin (1pcs), Leopard skin (2pcs) as well as Krishnasar skin (1pcs), Leopard skin (6pcs) and Rhino skin (1pcs). According to the training centre, in the 8 year span from 2062 to 2054 BS, 90 Deer skin, 109 Leopard skin, 358 Chittal Deer skin, and 19 piece of Rhino skin. Similarly, 900gms of musk pods of Musk deer have also been demanded by the Royal Palace. -- Lucia de Vries Freelance Journalist Bagdol, Patan, Nepal Wijk 4-47, 8321 GE Urk, Holland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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