What does CDF stand for?

Chiru (SIL code, India)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Now the construction of the road from Sadu Chiru water fall to Nungsai village has been included in the work programme of the Department.

India : Bridge construction at Tingkai Khunou

The scheme, however, has failed to protect the hapless Tibetan antelope or Chiru, pushed to extinction, as they are mauled and mutilated for the finest wool in the world, shahtoosh.

SHAWL OF ROYAL SHAME

An investigation by Accion Ecologica--the Ecuadorian version of Friends of the Earth--found that five out of the twenty families in the Quichai indigenous village of Chiru Isla inside Yasuni were poisoned by diesel and oil dumped into the watercourse by Skanska's.

Endgame in the Amazon; A remote corner of Amazonian rainforest has ...

A row over one of the mascots for the Beijing Games - a Tibetan antelope, or chiru - centres on the "illegal" occupation of Tibet, which China invaded and annexed more than 50 years ago.

The ups and downs on Beijing's road to 2008; BEIJING VISIT

Among the mares on the Irish Derby and King George winner's book this year are Winger, a winning granddaughter of the influential Reprocolor' Chiru, a half-sister to Oaks winner Shahtoush' and Shanira, a granddaughter of Darshaan's dam Delsy.

New names added to list of defendants in owner's fraud lawsuit

Scarves made of fine shahtoosh wool from the chiru sell for $3,000 to $15,000, despite the fact that trade in the wool is illegal.

Expedition discovers origins of imperiled Tibetan antelope

Shahtoosh, the wool from the rare chiru, a Tibetan antelope, is another favourite among traders.

TUSK FORCE SWOOPS ON SHETLANDS; Bid to track down wildlife smugglers

Maxfield Enterprises has also agreed to pay for a series of public service ads in Vanity Fair and/or Harper's Bazaar, describing the threat the shahtoosh trade poses to the chiru.

Shahtoosh Seller Censured