India, April 15 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
In a landmark ruling for wildlife law enforcement in India, a New Delhi court has convicted a Jaipur art gallery owner for attempting to illegally export Shahtoosh shawls - made from the hair of the critically endangered Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) - in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate at Rouse Avenue District Courts delivered the judgement against Syed Shahid Ahmed Kashani, proprietor of M/s Indian Art Gallery, Jaipur, on March 12, 2026, bringing to a close a case first detected in December 2008.
The Tibetan Antelope, locally known as Chiru, is listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and its trad...