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Article: Three arrested for poaching leopard skin in Meerut
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 28, 2005
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Meerut, Sept. 28 -- The Uttar Pradesh (UP) police on Tuesday arrested three poachers with a Leopard skin, estimated to be worth of lakhs of rupees, in Hastinapur sanctuary . "It is a skin of just seven or eight-month-old Leopard cub, which has been seized by us," said Dr. I.P Singh, the Forest Coservator. " We got the information about the poachers, coming to handover the leopard skin to his friend but the deal could not be finalised due to the high asking amount of two lakhs. Meanwhile, the police arrested all of the poachers ...