Shahtoosh

19 Nov 2003

The weaving of prized shahtoosh shawls, banned internationally to protect the Tibetan antelope they are made from, is still taking place secretly in Kashmir, according to a new survey.

6:48PM

Dramatic exit

28 Dec 1999

Crime takes a back seat in the heart-wrenching drama that has been built up to allow Jimmy Smits to quit NYPD Blue (Pearl, 8.30pm) tonight. There had been rumours that Bobby Simone would be killed...

2:20AM

Blitz planned against antelope shawls

22 Oct 1999

Buyers and owners of shahtoosh shawls are being targeted in a publicity blitz to save the endangered Tibetan antelope, whose fur is used to make the expensive wraps.

6:31PM

The fabric of survival

20 Oct 1999

In the snow-covered wilderness of the Tibetan plateau, forest police in an old Chinese-made jeep are chasing a gang of poachers in four-wheel-drive Pajeros.

6:20PM

This chiru is probably dead now, due to an illegal trade that keeps the rich in

12 Sep 1999

HIGH on the isolated Tibetan plateau, Bill Bleisch found himself embroiled in a dramatic standoff with armed poachers. Three days' drive from the nearest settlement, the American biologist and 10...

3:04PM

Under threat

19 Jul 1999

It does not pay to have an exquisite ruff around your neck.

There used to be millions of Tibetan chiru antelope roaming the Himalayas.

Now there are just 50,000 to 70,...

10:45AM

Opinion

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

5:37PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

Wildlife campaigners hail deterrent sentence

A businesswoman caught selling shawls made from rare antelopes was given a three-month suspended jail term and $300,000 fine yesterday in what wildlife campaigners said was a triumph for animal...

12:45AM

Protect the species

The suspended jail sentence and a $300,000 fine imposed on a woman caught selling shahtoosh shawls is a major breakthrough for international conservation efforts, and a message that Hong Kong is...

12:45AM

Good and bad

Your newspaper rightly reported on the barbaric destruction of yet another species of wild life, the Tibetan antelope, being crucified at the altar of profits and high fashion. For this and other...

5:16PM

Making a killing in Tibet

Traders in one of the world's softest and most expensive wools - shahtoosh, known as the 'king of wool' - like to paint a romantic picture of nomads collecting balls of the thin hair after they...

2:07PM

Trader arrested after banned shahtoosh shawls sold from hotel

A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to sell 23 luxury shawls made illegally from the hair of endangered Tibetan antelope.

The suspect, an Indian national, is alleged to have...

1:26PM