{"id":26626,"date":"2011-11-22T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=26626"},"modified":"2011-11-22T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T20:02:51","slug":"no-excuses-wildlife-protection-billboards-installed-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/no-excuses-wildlife-protection-billboards-installed-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"No Excuses: Wildlife Protection Billboards Installed in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Malaysia, wildlife criminals can no longer claim ignorance as an excuse for their destructive activities, thanks to the installation of billboards in the heart of illegal wildlife trafficking hotspots.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Photo © WWF-Malaysia<\/em><\/p>\n The huge signs are located near the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex, one of the world’s oldest rainforests, located in northern Peninsular Malaysia.<\/p>\n \u201cThe billboards are part of WWF-Malaysia\u2019s overall efforts to support the enforcement authorities in addressing the poaching crisis which we are now facing at Belum-Temengor,\u201d said Dato\u2019 Dr. Dionysius Sharma, Executive Director\/CEO of WWF-Malaysia.<\/p>\n Wildlife crime crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, Belum-Temengor’s wildlife is being plundered<\/a> at an alarming rate.<\/p>\n During the last three years, more than 400 animals, including pangolins, tigers, elephants, gaur, and Sambar deer have been killed in Belum-Temengor.<\/p>\n In addition, 142 snares have been removed and “numerous foreign poacher camps” were discovered inside a protected area.<\/p>\n Last month, two wildlife smugglers were caught<\/a> with 12 pangolins in an area near the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex.<\/p>\n