``I myself love wild animals. How can I shoot them?'' asked Salman who is accused of shooting two black bucks and a cinkara as reporters met him on his way to the office of the Conservator of Forests, where he spent his second night in detention yesterday.

Salman was remanded in the custody of the forest officers till October 16 by the magistrate court here yesterday to facilitate detailed investigation of the case in which four other Mumbai cinestars have been named.

Looking calm and serene, the matinee idol said he was fully cooperating with the investigation, adding, however, that he was also ``feeling confused''.

The actor had to be content with an ordinary cot and bare furniture in the makeshift living room created inside the forest office for his remand. The only concessions to luxury were clean mattresses and adesert cooler in addition to friendly guards.

The actor's younger brother Sohail Khan has arrived here to take care of his brother's case while the film unit which was here for shooting of the Hindi film Hum Saath Saath Hain left Jodhpur last night following Salman's arrest and detention.

Salman was interrogated by the forest officials till late last night to get his version of the poaching incident.

Interestingly, Salman has actually posed for the 1999 calender of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calling the youth to save the environment.

The calender is currently available in some of the leading stalls in Mumbai. Along with Salman, the calender also features Shah Rukh Khan, Govinda, Raveena Tandon and Kajol with various captions -- calling public to save earth, flora and fauna and environment.

Travel your way to good health -- use bicycle or better still, walk whenever you can, reads the caption, below a picture of Salman.

The WWF in a release has called for a social boycott of theso-called public figures. Several environmentalists here including the WWF director here M S Kothari, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) director Asad R Rahmani and environmentalist Dr Rashmi Mayur have condemned the incident and demanded strict action against all those involved in it.