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Police detain panda cub fur smuggler
Topic Started: Jul 28 2006, 11:53 PM (54 Views)
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Police detain panda cub fur smuggler

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticl...&archived=False


BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained a man trying to sell the fur of a young panda -- seen as a national treasure in the country -- for about $30,000, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday.

The man, surnamed Yang, was caught when he was about to finish the 250,000 yuan ($31,310) sale in the southeastern port city of Xiamen, Xinhua said.

"The fur is 60 centimetres (24 inches) long and belonged to a panda cub," it quoted experts as saying.

Yang and his accomplice, who is wanted by police, bought the fur with 6,000 yuan seven years ago from a man in the country's southwest where most pandas live, the report said, adding police also found the pelt of a clouded leopard with Yang.
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This is so sad. I hope the person responsible was punished to the fullest extent possible.
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