Clandestine operations
a crucial breakthrough was made by the forest department in Dehra Dun when they arrested poachers involved in illegal trade in endangered species using fake animal products to mislead enforcement agencies and cover up the clandestine sale of genuine animal products like tiger and leopard skins and rare rhino horns. According to the director of the Wildlife Institute of India ( wii), S K Mukherjee, the real animal skins were often passed on as