Guest guest Posted April 16, 2001 Report Share Posted April 16, 2001 Tibetan Plateau Project TIBETAN ANTELOPE ALERT April 12, 2001 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ April 4, 2001 Associated Press Ambassador's Wife To Give Up Shawl NEW DELHI, India (AP) - The U.S. Embassy said Wednesday that the wife of the outgoing American ambassador will turn in her shahtoosh shawl - a luxurious wrap made from the throat fur of endangered Tibetan antelopes. Three to five of the antelopes, called chirus, are killed to make each shawl. The shawls cost $2,000-$15,000 each and are so fine that they can be pulled through a wedding ring. The purchase and sale of shahtoosh shawls are illegal in India and the United States. The shahtoosh trade is prohibited under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, to which the United States is a signatory. ``She hasn't given a time frame but she will return it to the concerned authorities before she leaves India,'' Gordon Duguid, the U.S. Embassy press secretary, said of Jacqueline Lundquist, wife of outgoing ambassador Richard Celeste. Celeste is a former Ohio governor and Peace Corps chief. He was appointed by former President Clinton. Wildlife activists raised a furor when it was reported that Lundquist had a shahtoosh shawl. ``It was public knowledge. She had been wearing it in public for almost a year,'' said A.K. Ganju, private secretary to Environment Minister Maneka Gandhi, a wildlife activist. Lundquist, who said she wasn't aware that possession of shahtoosh shawls was illegal, has volunteered to turn over the shawl ``to the concerned authorities,'' Duguid said. Environmentalists say chirus are slaughtered by the thousands in China and their hides are taken to Kashmir, where the fiber is woven into shawls and scarves. ### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ The Tibetan Antelope Alert is distributed by the Tibetan Plateau Project (TPP) of Earth Island Institute. The listserve is a free service to rs. TPP is campaigning to halt the international trade in shahtoosh and protect the Tibetan antelope. For more information on TPP's campaign activities, see the Tibetan Antelope Resource Page: http://www.earthisland.org/tpp/antelope.htm ALL Tibetan Antelope Alert email addresses are suppressed and will not be shared without your permission. SUBMISSIONS: If you have an article to submit to the Tibetan Antelope Alert, email the text and source information (publication, date, etc.) to TPP at: <tppei. SUBSCRIBING: If you are receiving the Tibetan Antelope Alert for the first time and have not yet d, to receive future e-mailings, Contact TPP: <tppei with the message " Subscribe Tibetan Antelope Alert " . UNSUBSCRIBING: If you do not want to receive future mailings of the Tibetan Antelope Alert, Email TPP: <tppei with the message " Un Tibetan Antelope Alert " . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tibetan Plateau Project, 300 Broadway, Suite 28 San Francisco, CA 94133 USA Phone: 1/415/788-3666, extension 132 Fax: 1/415/788-7324 Email: tppei TPP Webpage: http://www.earthisland.org/tpp ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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