The skins of three snow leopards have recently been seized, the Ecological Police Department (EPD) reported on Monday.

Several men were arrested in late March while attempting to sell the skins in the Songinokhairkhan district of Ulaanbaatar, the EPD said in a statement, adding that further investigation into the case is currently underway.

The snow leopard is an endangered animal in Mongolia. There are only 800 to 1,200 snow leopards remaining in the country.

Under Mongolian law, a person convicted of poaching and killing endangered wild animals will be fined at least 10 million Mongolian tugriks (about 3,600 U.S. Dollars) or punished by imprisonment for at least two years.