Unfortunately, more than half of such skins come from protected animals.

Two dogs were sent down the holes after the protected animals.

This area also has a protected animal reserve where in theory no hunting is allowed.

Efforts are made to protected animals at all times from conditions detrimental to their well-being.

- with the fact that the pop star was wearing a dead protected animal.

The wolf has been a protected animal in Romania since 1996, although the law is not enforced.

German farmers are compensated by the state for losses of livestock to protected animals.

The golden jackal is a protected animal in Italy.

The tiger is officially a protected animal in this country, but forest officials say the illegal shootings have continued for years.

The environmentalists said they had documented 98 incidents in which protected animals had died.

Rare and protected animals and plants are found along the partly, almost natural river courses.

Thus, presence of a fully protected animal in an area such as a construction zone can literally bring the entire project to a halt.

Thirty-six federally protected animals live in the park, some of which face grave threats to their survival.

An inspector or constable may destroy a protected animal if:

The area is also home to protected animal species and evidence of some of the oldest human habitations in the region.

Later, the mandate evolved to supporting western scientists in studies of protected animals in their natural habitat.

He said "tens of thousands" of protected animals were taken by poachers each year and sold for profit.

There was considerable controversy when the Bulgarian president hunted for protected animals in Uzbekistan.

His real parents, Michael and Lisa, were naturalists who loved and protected animals with their hearts.

To undertake experimental or scientific procedures applied to protected animals, a personal and project licence is required from the Home Office.

Bowman explains that poachers are sometimes military policemen who freelance in the woods to catch a pricey but protected animal.

I cannot permit any situation to threaten human or protected animal lives on TT-86, no matter how well intentioned the action.

A 1993 amendment added a single invertebrate species, Octopus vulgaris, as a protected animal.

The park provides habitat for many other protected animals, including 29 species of mammal and 180 species of bird.

Their duties include enforcing poaching laws, safeguarding protected animal species and preventing forest fires.