22 jailed for killing endangered animals

A special environment court in India has dished out jail sentences to 22 people for killing endangered animals in northern India, wildlife officials said today.

In one case, 19 men were sentenced to two years in prison with hard labour for killing a rare Neelgai, or Blue buck, in 1998 in the Sirsa district, some 93 miles north east of New Delhi, a district wildlife inspector told reporters.