#wildlife

The otters are believed to be smooth-coated otters which are an endangered species.

SPECIAL REPORT | Habitat loss and illegal wildlife trade are chipping away at the population of the world’s smallest bear.

SPECIAL REPORT | Amendments to the wildlife law and changes to police SOP are in the cards to protect biodiversity.

Police seized five deer heads with antlers, 19 deer antler pieces, two preserved monitor lizards and two tortoises.

The endangered Sumatran serow is hunted for its meat, traditional medicine and even for use in witchcraft.

Also rescued was a leopard cub and 58 Indian star tortoises.

'Many people not aware that primates, including gibbons, have high aesthetic value in the wild.'

In exchange for returning the bears, the owners would not be arrested or prosecuted.

Eight suspected poachers were arrested and many animal parts and plants recovered.

There are only an estimated 2,000 pygmy elephants left in Sabah.

This police force is helping to eradicate the increasingly rampant crimes involving wildlife in the state.

In Sabah, all five PGA battalions are joining the hunt for wildlife poachers. 

LETTER | These huge agriculture firms invading Orang Asli lands and homes of the wildlife operate under political cover.

The IGP says that police have received information of VVIPs being involved in the illegal wildlife trade. 

The suspects were found with many wildlife items as well as tools and harvested agarwood.

Seven reptiles comprising one green tree python, one scrub python, and five endangered species of lizards were seized.

CM says one effort is to maintain a forest area that could serve as a permanent habitat for the wildlife.

Deputy CM Christina Liew hopes investigations can be concluded soon to initiate court action.

UPDATED 11.55PM | The body of the pygmy elephant was discovered with more than 70 bullet wounds.

We have also kept to our environmental promises, the PM says at a side event of the UN in New York.

MALAYSIANSKINI | Sanjitpaal Singh spends half his life in our jungles just waiting for the split second when that perfect shot materialises.

LETTER | Thanks to the IGP - but wildlife protection requires different combinations of expertise and collaboration among various enforcement agencies.