ULAN BATOR, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Two men involved in poaching an endangered snow leopard have been arrested, the Mongolian police said Thursday.
The two suspects in their 50s were arrested on Monday while attempting to sell the hide of the snow leopard in the Songino Khairkhan district of Ulan Bator, the National Police Agency said in a statement, noting that the investigation is still underway.
If convicted of poaching and killing endangered animals, each man faces at least two years imprisonment and a fine of 10 million tugriks (3,752 U.S. dollars) or more.
Poaching snow leopards has been increasing in Mongolia in recent years, as perpetrators covet their bones to sell them in traditional Asian medicine markets, Mongolia's director of World Wide Fund for Nature told Xinhua in March.
It is estimated that only 800 to 1,200 snow leopards remain in Mongolia, while the exact figure of the elusive animal is difficult to determine.
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