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Article: Leopard skin find sparks manhunt
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- February 18, 2000
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AN international investigation was launched to track down
poachers in the Serengeti after the discovery of a leopard skin in
the North-East, it was revealed yesterday.
The skin of the protected animal was discovered during a search
of a house in Durham by detectives investigating other incidents.
Investigations, still going on today, traced the animal to Kenya,
revealing it was one of 100,000 leopards a year poached in East
African countries in an underworld business worth 20m.
The skin bore the mark of the spear which had ended the
creature's life for a payment of just 35p to the hunter.
Badly cured, the skin had begun to decompose and had to be
destroyed by Durham Police.
Wildlife experts ...