Kedah govt on the hunt for poachers in Ulu Muda

Following the trail: Newsmen and environmentalists observing tyre tracks made by poachers at a hot spring in Ulu Muda Forest Reserve.

ALOR SETAR: The sign of poachers is unmistakable – tyre tracks of small four-wheel drive vehicles in the virgin jungle more than 15km from the nearest road across Muda Lake.The Kedah government has vowed to launch a crackdown on the threat to wildlife there.

“We will send in forest rangers to inspect the abandoned logging trails that poachers are suspected of using,” said state Environment and Climate Change Committee chairman Simon Ooi.