PETALING JAYA: Owning a trafficked animal is just a Whatsapp message away in the age of smartphones and social media.
Checks by The Star showed that listings for ball pythons, Indian star tortoises and slow lorises – which are either protected or endangered – are posted on Facebook as well as buy-and-sell sites such as adpost.com.my, alibaba.com and mudah.my.
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