Experts sound the alarm


To the rescue: Civil Defence Force personnel showing an owl they caught during one of their operations in George Town, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Wild animals are venturing out from their natural habitat due to changes in the ecosystem and the ecological balance in nature caused by deforestation, says wildlife expert Dr Nadine Ruppert.

The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) zoologist, primatologist and conservation biologist said these animals would come into cleared areas to find food after losing their natural habitat in the forest.

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