SWISS CUSTOMS CONFISCATES SHAHTOOSH SHAWLS WORTH 2.5 MILLION EUROS
Brussels , 21 June 2005 : Swiss customs officials have confiscated 537 shawls of shahtoosh wool, made from the endangered Tibetan antelope, estimated at a value of more than 2.5 million euros. The seizure represents the slaughter of at least 1,600 animals, or more than 3% of the remaining population of Tibetan antelope. More...

STREET PLAY ON SHAHTOOSH TO BUILD AWARENESS AMONG TRADERS
22 February 2005 , Chandigarh : A street play in Punjabi was performed at the Sector 17 market in Chandigarh to highlight the illegal status of shahtoosh to prospective buyers and traders. The seriousness of the shahtoosh campaign in Punjab hit home when CBI sleuths raided an up-market showroom in the same market a day earlier and recovered 10 shahtoosh shawls. More...

SHAHTOOSH SHAWLS RECOVERED BY CBI IN CHANDIGARH
February 21, 2005, Chandigarh: Ten shahtoosh shawls and a number of mixed shahtoosh–pashmina shawls were seized in an undercover operation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) assisted by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) late Sunday afternoon.The owner of an up-market store, Gulati Silks and Sarees, located in the heart of Chandigarh in Sector 17 was arrested with an accomplice. More...

THREE SHAHTOOSH SHAWLS SEIZED AT THE IGI AIRPORT
New Delhi , 2 December, 2004 : Two persons were detained and three shahtoosh shawls seized in an operation at Indira Gandhi International airport in the early hours on Thursday morning. The operation was carried out by officers of Customs Commisionerate (Preventive) and assisted by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). More...

J&K ASKED TO DECLARE SHAHTOOSH STOCKS IN SIX WEEKS INSTEAD OF SIX MONTHS
New Delhi, November 19, 2004: The State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is running out of time if the shahtoosh stocks in the state have to be declared within six weeks following the order given by Justice Ruma Pal at a hearing of a public interest petition in the Supreme Court on the 16 th November asking for the state of Jammu & Kashmir to ban the manufacture and sale of shahtoosh shawls. More...

SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN SHAHTOOSH COURT CASE
New Delhi , September 06, 2004 : In a significant step today, the Supreme Court of India issued an interim order directing the Govt. of J&K to obtain an inventory of stocks of shahtoosh shawls and shahtoosh wool from traders in this commodity. Such a declaration of stocks will open a can of worms because the next question would be the source of the raw material and the method by which it was acquired. More

SHAHTOOSH IDENTIFYING KIT ENABLES SEIZURE IN DUBAI
Dubai , 3 August, 2004 : The Dubai government seized 90 shahtoosh shawls and 10 shahtoosh scarves from Kashmiri owned shops on 31 st July. The seizure was effected using a kit designed and developed by the Metropolitan Police, UK and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to identify shahtoosh from similar products. More

Beyond the Ban to Secure the Future of Shahtoosh Workers
New Delhi , November 16, 2003 : In a unique door-to-door survey done with over 45,000 people in the Kashmir valley, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), have compiled a complete list of the ban-hit Shahtoosh workers and suggested that they may find succor in a recently notified Indian patents legislation. More

ILLEGAL WILDLIFE PRODUCT OWNERS BEWARE!
New Delhi, October 21, 2003 : The longest ever wildlife derivatives amnesty scheme by the Government of India that ended three days ago seems to have opened a pandora's box. The little or no publicity to the amnesty scheme except in Delhi , the confusion among the masses about the registration process and the fear of declaring their “illegal” possessions has taken its toll on the Government's ambitious scheme. More...

WILDLIFE DECLARATIONS SCHEME TO END SOON
New Delhi, Sept 26, 2003 : As the six-month wildlife derivatives amnesty scheme wraps up on 14th October, the rush towards the Chief Wildlife Warden’s office is expected to increase everyday. Yet, there seems to be no end to the confusion among the masses about the registration process and the fear of declaring their “illegal” possessions. More...

WILDLIFE DECLARATIONS IN DELHI BEGIN WITH A BANG
New Delhi, May 13, 2003 : Just about a week after newspapers wrote about the final call for declaring wildlife and its derivatives, the reaction from Delhi’s public has been encouraging. According to official sources, over 1500 forms have already been collected from the Chief Wildlife Warden’s office in Delhi. More...

NOTIFICATION ISSUED ON WILDLIFE ARTICLES
New Delhi, April 28, 2003: Those who own shahtoosh shawls, tiger skins, deer antlers or any other trophies, but never had the chance to register them in the past, finally have one more opportunity to make their acquisitions legal. More...

SHAHTOOSH SHAWLS FROM FIVE-STAR HOTEL SHOP
New Delhi, February 11, 2003: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made a major seizure of 26 shahtoosh shawls from a shop in a downtown five-star hotel here yesterday, according to official sources here. More...

CBI SEIZES SHAHTOOSH SHAWLS FROM SOUTH DELHI
New Delhi, December 17,2002: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today made a major seizure of nine shahtoosh shawls from a residence in South Delhi’s posh Greater Kailash-I area, according to official sources here. More...

J&K FINALLY AMENDS WILDLIFE ACT
New Delhi, August 24, 2002: The manufacture of shahtoosh shawls has finally been banned in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the only place in the world where they have been woven for centuries. The historic law making this possible was notified earlier this week, giving a new lease of life to the Tibetan antelope, which was being slaughtered to extinction in China to extract the costliest of wools in the world. More...