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Exotic meats found in garage
By T.N. Alagesh
After receiving a tip-off from police, the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) raided the place on Sunday night.
And the team was taken aback by what they discovered — about RM500,000 worth of exotic meat destined for the cooking pot and a couple of thousand live reptiles.
The enforcement team found 25 hind legs and 22 paws of endangered Malayan sun bears in a refrigerator, 319 skinned carcasses of owls and 2,330 endangered clouded monitor lizards kept alive in cages.
State Perhilitan director Khairiah Mohd Shariff said three men were arrested and released after their statements were recorded.
She said the department would use DNA sampling to confirm the origin of the endangered animals.
“We want to know whether the animals were caught here or brought in from other states.
“We can determine their origin from samples of the flesh, blood and fur.”
Khairiah said all the remains had been sent to Perhilitan headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
The monitor lizards will be released into their natural habitat.
Donations made here are
Feb 6th Hans P USD 115.00
2 Comments
Truly sickening!!!!!!!!
We are at war obviously with the poachers and the buyers and the consumers of all of these wildlife products. The consumption of this kind of wild meat has to be stopped in order to save all the wildlife in international wild meat market. Sitting here and do nothing is not an option now. We need to act. Now!