Navarang illegally exported 308 shahtoosh shawls to the U.S. between September 1994 and March 1995. Navarang pleaded guilty in July 2000, along with the women who own its U.S. distributor, and admitted illegally exporting nearly 100 shawls intended for sale at a boutique in Paris. Sentencing for all three parties was scheduled for November 2000, but was postponed. The illegal trade in shahtoosh is driven by consumers. You can do your part in stopping the chiru slaughter by refusing to purchase articles made of shahtoosh.
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If you have any doubt, please do not buy. Friends of the National Zoo. All rights reserved. Chiru Factsheet Pantholops hodgsoni Also called Tibetan antelope, chiru resemble gazelles but are most closely related to wild goats and sheep. Chiru survive on the Tibetan Plateau across Tibet and adjacent parts of China and into Ladakh in northwest India.