Villagers of Uttarskhand are earning easy money by killing and selling leopards for as little as Rs 2000 each - they cost lakhs of rupees in the international market are being killed by villagers in Uttarakhand for as little as Rs 2,000 each. This has been revealed by a bunch of poachers in the state's Pauri district after they were arrested for killing seven of the big cats - and they got only Rs 14,000.
They were Caught by a forest team after a frantic chase and the villagers admitted that they took this easy way to earn some "easy money". The district police had seized seven leopard skins from four men who were on their way to Kotdwar to pass on the consignment to a middleman and this is considered the biggest-ever seizure in the state.
The villagers would skin the animals because there is a great demand for leopard skin in the international market.
The network starts right from these villagers and it a major racket.
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