KOTA TINGGI: The Panti Bird Sanctuary, home to more than 300 wild birds of various species, can attract more foreign tourists to Johor, says Ling Tian Soon.
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Bird rescue: Authorities with cages of white-rumped shama (pic, below) found at a premises in Kota Tinggi, believed to be used to store the birds before they are smuggled into Indonesia. Perhilitan
PETALING JAYA: The number of white-rumped shama (murai batu) confiscated by the authorities before they could be smuggled into Indonesia has increased by about 185% last year.
This was despite much of last year being marked by restrictions under the movement control order since March.
The number of the species, which is highly prized for its singing ability, seized in 2020 by the Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia Department (Perhilitan) were 2,990 birds from eight cases.