Malaysian Government Uses Social Media to Crack Down on Illegal Wildlife Trade

Malaysian Government Uses Social Media to Crack Down on Illegal Wildlife Trade

Four men were recently arrested – and the two juvenile Orangutans they were trying to sell were saved – thanks to a social media program the Malaysian Government is using to ambush wildlife traders. Code-named Ops Taring III, the social media crackdown is showing promise. In March, seven other wildlife traffickers were caught. They…