Endangered eagles, slow loris rescued; turtles eggs seized in wildlife raids


The rare eagles rescued by SFC units in Serikin near the Sarawak-Kalimantan border.

MIRI: The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) has rescued two endangered eagles and a slow loris, also seizing dozens of turtle eggs.

In a series of enforcement operations in Serikin town at the southern Sarawak-Kalimantan border, SFC units arrested an Indonesian woman, 47, for selling the turtle eggs in the market there.

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