LETTER | Perhilitan needs to answer for dusky langurs killing
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LETTER | It is a cruel irony that on May 23, just one day after the International Day for Biological Diversity, which was observed and marked with a positive-sounding statement from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP/ Perhilitan), Perhilitan officers allegedly shot and killed 20 dusky langurs which are classified as Protected Wildlife under the First Schedule of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, and as Near Threatened under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The outrage and horror of the public over the alleged killing of these dusky langurs in Port Dickson is justified and requires an official response from Perhilitan.
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IT is a cruel irony that on Sunday, just one day after the International Day for Biological Diversity, which was observed and marked with a positive-sounding statement from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan), Perhilitan officers allegedly shot and killed 20 dusky langurs, which are classified as Protected Wildlife under the First Schedule of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, and as endangered under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The outrage and horror of the public over the alleged killing of these dusky langurs in Port Dickson is justified and requires an official response from Perhilitan.
It is unfathomable that trained and armed wildlife officers called to assist with the problem of aggressive long-tailed macaques would be unable to tell the difference between the shy and retiring dusky langurs and the admittedly bolder macaques.
Tiger, leopard pelts seized at Bangkok hotel
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published : 24 Dec 2020 at 18:00
47 Wildlife officials examine the pelts of protected tigers and leopards, and other items during the raid on a hotel in Sukhumvit area, Bangkok, on Wednesday. (Photo: Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division)
Wildlife officials have seized tiger and leopard pelts, and shells of protected turtles during a raid on a hotel in Sukhumvit area of Bangkok.
Officials from the Yiew Dong and Phaya Sua task forces, a special operations team and police found the goods during a search of the Carbochon Hotel, in Klong Tan Nua of Watthana district, on Wednesday.