Long familiar with seizures of pangolin scales, elephant ivory and other wildlife contraband smuggled via sea, Malaysia is now helping frontliners at one of the world’s busiest container ports boost ...

In February 2025, 4,386 Pig nosed Turtles Carettochelys insculpta packed into plastic containers were found on a Kuala Lumpur ...

Dr. William Schaedla, the director of the wildlife-trade monitoring group TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, told mongabay.com that “the new law represents the first major revamp of the national wildlife law in ...

Malaysia's Wildlife Department has defended its use of puppies as live bait to capture black panthers spotted at a Malaysian village. An animal rights groups protested the method and appealed to the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (eTN) – Malaysia’s new tourism minister, Azlina Othman, is wasting no time to spell out her new vision for Malaysia’s tourism industry. To her, the future is in ecotourism.

Malaysia failed to effectively assemble a case against convicted wildlife smuggler Anson Wong, leading to his early release from prison, says an anti-wildlife trafficking group. Wong was released ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Wildlife Department defended its use of puppies as live bait to capture black panthers spotted at a Malaysian village after animal rights groups protested the ...

Ignorance is no longer an excuse for wildlife criminals, with awareness signboards on wildlife crime penalties built around Gerik town, near Malaysia's Belum-Temengor Forest Complex. Ignorance is no ...

Wildlife trafficking is thought to be the most profitable illicit trade in the world, after drugs, weapons and human trafficking. In Malaysia, the local media often display images of seized pangolins, ...

WWF-Malaysia and TRAFFIC have urged the Malaysian Government to act forcefully in combating poaching and wildlife trade in Malaysia. KUALA LUMPUR: The World Wide Fund for Nature - Malaysia ...

The Malayan tiger, tapir and sun bear are not easy to spot in Malaysia except in some zoos or sanctuaries. (Malaysia Traveller pic) There are a lot of good websites about Malaysian Wildlife on the ...

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