SMUGGLING OF WILD ANIMAL

There have been recently several cases in years of wildlife seizures in Thailand that involved animals caught from Malaysian forests. According to the US State Department, animals were the third highest illegal product smuggled, after drugs and weapons. The most popular animals were tortoises, tigers, bears, orangutans, and bird’s .A raising a number for wildlife and its increasing use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are fueling an increase in the illegal export of endangered animals. The box turtle is decreasing across Malaysia because of increased illegal hunting for its meat and use in traditional Chinese medicine. Since the ban, export of turtles for the pet trade in Japan, Europe and the United States ceased, but TRAFFIC found increasing evidence of smuggling illegal animal, mainly to Hong Kong, China and to a lesser extent Singapore. To meet demand, animals are being taken from the wild at an unsustainable rate, which has to be addressed or they will disappear from the Malaysian countryside.

"COME TOGETHER WE SAVE OUR WILD ANIMAL"