1.   The powerful Hindu goddess Durga rode a tiger mount, while Siva, the god of destruction and reproduction, sat on a tiger skin.

2.   They usually wore snuggies made out of tiger skins and pointed metal breastplates.

3.   A Michigan man in January pleaded guilty in federal court to brokering the illegal sale of three tiger skins.

4.   Experts affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund, which monitors the illegal trade, say that tiger skins and bones are processed at secret tanneries around New Delhi.

5.   In one, which often has tiger skins for sale, the coats of two clouded leopards are pinned to the wall.

6.   In the Hindu religion, the God Shiva rides a tiger and wears a tiger skin for his role as destroyer.

7.   Other products that fetch lucrative amounts of money include tiger skins, blood, meat and whiskers.

8.   Prem Lal and Nazir Hussain Shah were carrying tiger skins and rhino horns, Rao said.

9.   Some illegal hunting remains, as tiger bones are a coveted ingredient in some Asian medicines and tiger skins sell for several thousand dollars.

10.   Tiger skins also fetch a high price in the illegal wildlife trade.