Raising the bar for wildlife protection


THE Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Malaysia Program congratulates the Royal Malaysia Police, Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan), Royal Malaysian Customs Department and other enforcement agencies for the arrest of 350 individuals, making RM36.11mil worth of seizures and destroying 1,425 animal traps under Operasi Bersepadu Khazanah carried out nationwide since September 2019.

This success was announced by Perhilitan’s director-general Datuk Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim at a press conference, “Watch out, poachers! Wildlife crime bureau to start ops next year” (The Star, Nov 30; online at https://bit.ly/3rv5OWy).

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