Sentences with phrase «leopard pelt»
Many cat species are hunted by poachers, who get high prices on the black market for tiger parts and snow leopard pelts.
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More encouragingly, illegal trade in the pelts seems to be declining in China, the country where 60 per cent of snow leopards live and historically the main market for skins.
The big cats were represented, with pelts from tigers, leopards, ocelots, and jaguars popping up on eBay and on other sites.
Evidence suggests that even wildlife guards took part in snow leopard poaching and selling of pelts and bones.
Hippo, crocodile, bush babies, chacma baboon, waterbuck, kudu, impala, warthog and spotted hyaena have all been seen from the deck with signs (audio and tracks) of other more elusive creatures (leopard, pelts fishing owl and wood owl) ever present.
Pelts from leopards and polar bears fetch high sums, while rare reptiles, birds and fish are bought as pets.