Hunting of animals for trophy must be stopped

PHOTOGRAPHS of the large-scale poaching activity in Johor show gruesome pictures of animals such as mouse deer and porcupines, some of which are believed to be kills from trophy hunting.

Trophy hunting is the hunting and killing of animals in order to display part or all of their bodies as trophies. Some poachers like to shoot animals with their powerful rifles from a safe distance and then pose with the remains of the dead creatures.