CASES of poaching in the Belum-Temenggor forest complex continue to be low during the movement control order. CLICK TO ENLARGEWWF-Malaysia says it conducts extensive patrols in Belum-Temenggor and the occurrence of snares in the forest has remained consistently low compared to recent years. Concurring, Perak State Park Corporation director Mohamed Shah Redza Hussein says poaching activities in the Royal Belum State Park has been on a decline since 2019 until today. He says the decrease is due to more frequent patrolling and better collaborations with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including the creation of an Orang Asli wildlife patrolling team. “At the minimum, online shopping channels need to have codes of conduct to ban wildlife related items on their webpage.

Source: The Star May 29, 2021 23:48 UTC