India, April 16 -- A Delhi court convicted a Jaipur art gallery owner for attempting to illegally export Shahtoosh wool shawls, made from the underfur of the critically endangered Tibetan Antelope, in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, an Environment ministry official said on Wednesday. The chief judicial magistrate at Rouse Avenue District Courts delivered the judgment against Syed Shahid Ahmed Kashani, owner of Indian Art Gallery, Jaipur, on March 12, bringing to a close a case that surfaced in December 2008.

"The Tibetan Antelope, locally known as Chiru, is listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and its trade is strictly prohibited under domestic law. The Shahtoosh shawl trade has also been banned gl...