{"id":46833,"date":"2024-08-30T15:37:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T10:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=46833"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:37:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T10:37:56","slug":"snow-leopard-skin-seized-in-lahore-raid-suspect-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/snow-leopard-skin-seized-in-lahore-raid-suspect-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Leopard skin seized in Lahore raid, suspect arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: A crackdown by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-govt-set-to-privatize-public-schools-across-province\/\">Punjab Wildlife Department<\/a> has led to the arrest of a suspect involved in the illicit trade of snow leopard skin in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>During a raid on a private residence, officials recovered the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cjp-faez-isa-deposits-valuable-gift-in-toshakhana\/\">valuable skin<\/a> and apprehended the accused. The skin is estimated to be worth around $20,000 (Rs5.6 million) on the international market.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to wildlife officials, the suspect&#8217;s interrogation led to the identification of a larger criminal network involved in the illegal trade of endangered species.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The operation was carried out by the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindh-authorities-impose-ban-on-swimming-at-beach-amid-cyclone-threats\/\"> Punjab Wildlife Special Squad<\/a>, which apprehended the suspect while recovering the valuable leopard skin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Untitled-design-(11)1724997914-0\/Untitled-design-(11)1724997914-0.png\" width=\"444\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the spokesperson, the suspect was part of a group using <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pta-reveals-social-media-users-details-in-pakistan-2024\/\">social media platforms<\/a> to sell rare and expensive wildlife skins, putting endangered species like snow leopards at greater risk.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, further investigations are ongoing to arrest the remaining group members.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab Senior Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said that there was a zero-tolerance policy on wildlife protection laws and such activities are putting endangered species more at risk in Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>With only 250-420 snow leopards remaining in Pakistan, according to the World Population Review, conservation efforts are crucial. These majestic creatures inhabit the country&#8217;s northern mountainous regions, are solitary and elusive, and possess remarkable hunting prowess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: A crackdown by the Punjab Wildlife Department has led to the arrest of a suspect involved in the illicit trade of snow leopard skin in Lahore. During a raid on a private residence, officials recovered the valuable skin and apprehended the accused. The skin is estimated to be worth around $20,000 (Rs5.6 million) on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,2],"tags":[21068,21067,21065,21066],"class_list":["post-46833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-pakistan","tag-punjab-senior-minister-maryam-aurangzeb","tag-punjab-wildlife-department","tag-snow-leopard","tag-snow-leopard-skin-selling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46836,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46833\/revisions\/46836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}