(IN) 2 arrested with leopard skins,owls and bear claws

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Two arrested for possessing leopard skin, owls, bear claws

PTI 4 September 2009, 08:33pm IST

 

NEW DELHI: Two leopard skins, owls and four bear claws were recovered and two

persons arrested in two separate cases on Friday.

 

" Two leopard skins were seized by the Special Task Force of the Uttarakhand

Police at Nandprayag in Chamoli District in the state.

 

Two persons have been arrested in this connection and one car and five mobile

phones having GPS facility were also seized from the accused, " an official of

Wildlife Protection Society of India (WSPI) said.

 

In another case, two owls and four bear claws were seized by the Uttar Pradesh

Forest Department at Mathura railway station.

 

" One of the owls is alive but the other was found dead, " the WSPI activist said.

 

Earlier this month, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department had seized a live owl in

Mathura and one person was arrested in this connection.