Microchip shawls to save wildlife (BBC)

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By Shilpa Kannan
BBC News, Delhi

The government of Jammu and Kashmir in India has started a new scheme in which microchip tags are used for all registered Tibetan antelope products.

They hope that this will check illegal trade in valuable wool that comes from the creatures used to make shawls.

The scheme was initiated on the orders of the Indian Supreme Court.

The aim of the move is to implement a total ban on antelope wool known as shahtoosh. It has been welcomed by conservationists.

Huge demand

They say that there are increasing fears about the antelopes being pushed to extinction.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6238012.stm

Good news for an endangered species, but also more fuel for RFID tinfoilhattery.