17 protected birds seized during raid

IPOH: Seventeen birds of several protected species were seized from a Felda settler’s house in Grik.

The settler, from Felda Lawin Selatan, had been earning side income for the past six months by trapping the birds and selling them to local collectors, said Perak Wildlife Protection and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director Fakhrul Hatta Musa.