In the first wildlife offence prosecuted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a Delhi court convicted a person for illegally exporting Shahtoosh shawls in breach of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The CBI, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Customs and the Wildlife Institute of India ran the operation jointly.
- Shahtoosh comes from the under-fleece of the Tibetan Antelope (Chiru, Pantholops hodgsonii); most products are illegally made in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Trade banned worldwide under CITES since 1975.
- Status: Schedule I and IV (WPA), CITES Appendix I, IUCN Near Threatened.
- Threats: poaching, habitat loss, harsh climate.