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Wealthy Western women blamed as danger to Tibetan antelope
Farooq Malik, 26, Kashmiri master weaver, works shahtoosh shawls from Kashmir in a cramped Srinagar workshop. Shahtoosh fetches up to 17000 dollars and is banned internationally as the Tibetan antelope, or chiru, nears extinction. Local dealers blame enforcement for poverty. activists cite massive poaching and 70000 remaining chiru.
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