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Murcia man arrested with a zebra skin
By m.p. - Mar 27, 2006 - 10:06 PM
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He said he had been given the hide by a friend who had found it on a rubbish tip. Zebras are protected under the CITES agreement.
A Murcia man has been taken into custody in Granada province, after Civil Guard officers found a zebra skin in his car during a routine control on the A-92N road.
He was unable to provide any proof that it had been imported into Spain legally, saying that it was a present from a friend, who had found the hide on a rubbish tip.
Zebras are protected under the CITES agreement - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna.