From The Hindu: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was sentenced to 5 years of prison by a court in Jodhpur for killing a chinkara, a protected species of gazelle. Khan killed the chinkara near Mathania, Rajasthan on September 28, 1998, while on a hunting trip with fellow actors Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu, and Sonali Bendre.
Chinkara, Indian Gazelle Gir forest, Gujarat Photographed by S. Shankar
Khan was sentenced in February 2006 to a one-year jail term for poaching black bucks, another protected species of gazelle.
Categories: India, IN, Mathania, Rajasthan, wildlife
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