Oct 10, 2009
IPOH: This year alone, the Perak Wildlife and National Parks Depart-ment (Perhilitan) uncovered and destroyed 47 tiger traps near the Royal Belum Rainforest Reserve.
State Perhilitan director Shabrina Shariff said the traps were found during the anti-poaching Ops Jerat that began early this year.
“The latest trap was the one that snared a tiger near the reserve on Saturday,” said Shabrina.
A five-year-old 120kg tiger had one of its limbs seriously injured by the wire trap and is being treated at the Malacca Zoo.
“There could be more traps that we have yet to find in the forest,” she said.
Shabrina said 24 Ops Jerat checks had been conducted along the East-West Highway near the rainforest.
“As of October, we arrested five people for possessing snares,” she said.
She said two men from Kelantan were also arrested early this year for buying tiger parts in Grik.
Shabrina said Perhilitan would continue to search and destroy the snares.
“We will also put up cameras at tiger hotspots and have officers going undercover to obtain more information on poachers,” she said.
There are currently between 30 to 40 tigers left in the Belum rainforest reserve.
Meanwhile, WWF species conservation manager Reuben Clements said the Federal Government needed to set up an anti-poaching task force to secure key tiger-populated areas in the long run.
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common lip service from everyone including, unfortunately, perhilitan.
Is this supposed to make us feel better ?
The fact that snares are still being found and in those numbers, it is just downright scary.
WWF , Mr. R Clements saying that the Govt has to do this and that isn't going to cut it. WWF's taken my subscription money and has not helped the tiger cause in any tangible way. Maybe the amount I gave was not enough, perhaps ?? No use refuting this as your works are extremely "evident" NOTHING for the conservation of the species, just blah blah blah blah and blowing the WWF trumpet loudly for nothing. The launch of the "MYCAT" campaign loud and ostentatious, Country's emblem, blah, blah blah......more useless blahs.
Recommend perhilitan rangers are armed with AK47's, hand grenades, missile launchers, maybe a helicopter or two. Training them with the SAS / navy seals (nothing from Malaysia Defence force please - they bought a submarine that can't dive).
The send them out for the poachers on shoot to kill orders. Extreme - you bet . Take it to the limit and see what these b*st*rd poachers can do ! HIT them hard and fast. NO CHANCE.....treat them like the former communist terrorist hiding in the jungle in malaysia. Blow them away....no mercy.
oh oh ! forgot....... scratch all of the above - calibre of personnel here not up to the mark. It takes a white men to handle this.....us locals don't got the guts to do this.
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