Thursday, May 12 2005 16:58 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to set up a Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in the line of Narcotics Control Bureau to check proliferation in the poaching and illegal trade of animal akins, the Supreme Court was informed today (May 12, 2005).

The court also directed CBI to investigate the seizure of a large number of leopard skins by Delhi Police on April 6, to find out about the persons behind the illegal trade and file a report before the court by July end this year (2005).