Police show leopard skins that were confiscated from smugglers in New Delhi, India, on April 7, 2005.A recent spike in leopard-skin seizures suggests that as tigers dwindle in India, poachers are turning to leopards to fuel the illegal wildlife trade, experts said in 2008.
A recent flurry of leopard-skin seizures by Indian wildlife authorities suggests that as tigers decline, poachers are increasingly on the prowl for the country's other big cat.
At least 141 leopards have fallen to poaching so far in 2008, compared to 124 leopards killed in 2007. In contrast, 24 tigers were killed so far this year, according to the New Delhi-based nonprofit Wildlife Protection Society of India.
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