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Poaching case against RJD MP Shahabuddin

Poaching case against RJD MP Shahabuddin

Rediff.com6 Feb 2008

The case was filed by the forest department following recovery of a live cheetal and cheetal and tiger skins along with some photographs depicting Shahabuddin posing with a rifle over a dead cheetal from his house at Pratappur in Siwan.

Tiger dies after being injured by poachers

Tiger dies after being injured by poachers

Rediff.com10 May 2008

A tiger which was seriously injured by poachers, died at Valmikinagar Tiger Reserve in Bihar's East Champaran district. A team of forest officials were informed by local villagers that a tiger was seriously injured in a trap laid by poachers. The tiger later died from its injuries. The tiger population is decreasing at an alarming rate in the Valmiki National Park, Bihar's only tiger project.