IT’S sad to read that the Malaysian Oriental magpie-robin – commonly known as murai kampung – is being illegally poached. I love to listen to these magnificent birds’ singing voices. I have even shared their songs with my children.
“In two rapid assessment surveys of all wildlife pet trade on a popular local e-commerce site, the Oriental magpie-robin was the second- most numerous animal recorded in 2018 and 2020”, according to the story “Huge numbers of murai kampung being trapped and smuggled out” in The Star yesterday (online at bit.ly/star_songbird).
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