The sun bear was found, following a tip-off, in a poacher’s snare within the Maliau Basin Forest Conservation Area. Thanks to the Sabah Wildlife Department’s rescue unit, the injured bear was saved from what would have been certain death at the hands of unscrupulous people. According to the unit’s acting manager Dr…

Lying in wait within forests in Malaysia and much of the rest of Southeast Asia are pernicious killers. There they are underfoot and in the undergrowth, waiting for new victims to ensnare. Literally ensnare because we mean snares. They tend to be homemade contraptions fashioned from wire or cable and set…