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Winning the war on illegal wildlife trade


Leave them be: Wildlife such as the barn owl.

KUALA LUMPUR: A joint initiative between the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) and enforcement agencies has made significant headway since its launch in 2019 in the battle against poaching of wildlife, says director-general Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim.

As of July this year, he said, their operations made seizures worth over RM39.3mil and saw 1,089 people held for various offences in 778 cases.

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