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Despite enforcement measures, illegal trafficking of protected species is rife in Kerala thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Shahtoosh shawls are made from the underfur of the chiru or Tibetan antelope, a species whose numbers have been fast plummeting in its home in the Himalaya.
"The patient will reach a hospital in a non-recoverable condition and the [antivenom] treatment will fail," herpetologist Romulus Whitaker told Newsweek.