(CNN)Authorities in Bangladesh killed six tiger poachers over the
weekend during a shootout in a national park, police said.

The 45-minute firefight erupted as police launched a crackdown in
Sundarbans National Park, according to SM Moniruzzaman, deputy inspector
general of police in Khulna Range. Five officers were injured in
Saturday's shootout.

Police recovered three tiger skins and five guns, Moniruzzaman said.
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Sundarbans is about 180 kilometers (112 miles) southwest of Bangladesh's
capital, Dhaka.

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Now, if only "great white hunters" from the United States met the same
fate when they shot and killed beautiful animals for "sport."