Perhilitan Officials roll back a major Exotic Pet Network

Perhilitan Officials roll back a major Exotic Pet Network

Score yet another victory up for Malaysian wildlife officials. In a string of five raids conducted simultaneously in the states of Kedah, Selangor and Kelantan, officials from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (Perhilitan) seized a total of 32 wild animals, worth more than RM500,000, and arrested…

Dozens of rare Turtles bound for Malaysia Perish

Dozens of rare Turtles bound for Malaysia Perish

The rare turtles, destined for Kuala Lumpur, were packed tightly into cardboard boxes sealed shut with duct tape. By the time Pakistani wildlife officials in Karachi discovered them, all but 13 the 62 freshwater turtles had suffocated through a lack of oxygen. “They were wrapped in such a way that…