WWF-UK: Wildlife trading ring 'dismantled' on Sino-Russian border
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Wildlife trading ring 'dismantled' on Sino-Russian border
Wednesday 20 February 2008
WWF and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, have been instrumental in helping customs officials in the Russian far east to uncover a smuggling ring trading the skins of endangered tigers and bear parts to China.
Officials became suspicious of what appeared to be crates of potatoes but were in fact bear paws, being transported by sledge from Russia to China last year.
The ringleaders of the group now face trial this March.
These seizures are among the most significant in recent years.
Read more about this story on panda.org
The ringleaders of the group now face trial this March.
These seizures are among the most significant in recent years.
Read more about this story on panda.org
Paws of brown and black bear and a Siberian tiger skin seized by Russian frontier guards