Harvesting of crocodiles and eggs in Sarawak proposed

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is proposing to harvest around 500 saltwater crocodiles and some 2,500 of their eggs from the wild in Sarawak every year.

Malaysia wants the crocodile species –Crocodylus porosus – to be moved from Appen­­­dix 1 to Appendix II under the Con­vention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).