On Tuesday, the official of a Central wildlife agency, however, told this newspaper on the condition of anonymity that one of the seized skins did not , in a l l likelihood, belong to a tiger at all, while the second skin was still being examined by experts.
“Preliminary examination of one such skin has revealed that it belongs to an animal, but not a tiger. It is probably that of a dog. It seems that stripes were painted on it to make it resemble a tiger skin,” he said.
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