Two persons were arrested on 11.10.09 after two leopard skins and bear bile, which is believed to have medicinal value, were seized from them in Dehradun, Uttaranchal.The two have been identified as Shyam Dutta Joshi and Deepak from Chakrata region in Dehradun. The operation was jointly done by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) with the Special Task Force (STF) of the state.
In the recent past there had been many such seizures done by WCCB, STF, Police and FD Uttarakhand relating to leopard skins and bear biles. There had been major seizures like Saharanpur (8 leopard skins seizure done by UP Police), Delhi (8 leopard skins seized by WCCB and Delhi Crime Branch), Shimla (8 leopard skins seized by Shimla Police) and Dhangadhi-Nepal (6 leopard skins seized by Nepal Forest and Wildlife Authorities) which indicated extent of the killing and threat on leopards.
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