Seized: The five baby crocodiles seized at Sibu Airport
THE seizure of live baby crocodiles at Sibu airport, “Fishy shipment sniffed out” (Sunday Star, Jan 13), is not a new incident. A similar one occurred in May 2018 in which an illegal shipment of 50 live crocodiles from Malaysia was seized by border officers at Heathrow Airport.
The shocking truth is the manner in which the year-old juvenile saltwater crocodiles were transported. Crammed into five boxes, the reptiles were not packed in accordance with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations, invalidating the permit and making the importation illegal.
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