New Delhi, April 15 -- A Delhi court has convicted a Jaipur-based art gallery owner for attempting to illegally export Shahtoosh shawls made from the hair of the critically endangered Tibetan antelope, marking a rare prosecution of wildlife crime in India.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate at Rouse Avenue Court delivered the judgment on March 12, 2026, in a case that dates back to December 2008, when a large consignment of suspected Shahtoosh shawls was intercepted at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
According to officials from the Ministry of Environment, over 1,200 shawls were flagged during inspection. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) subsequently filed a complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in February 2009...