Showing posts with label reptiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reptiles. Show all posts

2 turtles rescued by Acres make their way home to Malaysia

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TESSA OH Today Online 27 Aug 19; SINGAPORE — A small crowd gathered at Jalan Lekar on Tuesday (Aug 27) for a heartwarming send-off, as tu...

Malaysia: Kelantan marine police foil smuggling of 90 palm civets, 14 tortoises

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Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah New Straits Times 26 Aug 19; PASIR PUTIH: Marine police foiled an attempt to smuggle 90 palm civets and 14 tor...

Indonesia: East Nusa Tenggara set to close Komodo Island

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Antara 29 Jul 19; Kupang (ANTARA) - East Nusa Tenggara is set to close the Komodo Island tourist area in West Manggarai district in 2020 ...

Indonesia: Komodo Island to be closed in 2020

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THE JAKARTA POST 18 Jul 19; East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Tourism Agency head Wayan Darmawa announced on Thursday that Komodo Island is to clo...

Spot a python? Just leave it alone, advise wildlife groups

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Pythons are a natural control for the rat population, say wildlife experts. Cindy Co Channel NewsAsia 19 Jul 19; SINGAPORE: Waking up to...

Crocodile found in Sungei Kadut drain: Concerns from the past and what next

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Experts explain how injured reptile may have got here, suggest possible relocation homes Shabana Begum Straits Times 6 Jul 19; The croco...

Indonesia to welcome back endemic snake-necked turtles

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The Jakarta Post 30 Jun 19; The “repatriation” is to be conducted through a reintroduction program run by the Wildlife Conservation Socie...

Malaysia busts attempt to smuggle over 5,000 terrapins

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AFP 26 Jun 19; Malaysian customs officers arrested two Indian men attempting to smuggle over 5,000 terrapins through the country to be so...

Crocodile spotted in drain in Sungei Kadut caught, transferred to farm: NParks

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Channel NewsAsia 21 Jun 19; SINGAPORE: A crocodile that was seen in a drain at Sungei Kadut Drive on Friday (Jun 21) has been caught and ...

Indonesia: East Nusa Tenggara to conduct research on Komodo dragons

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The Jakarta Post 15 May 19; As Komodo Island will be closed to the public as of January 2020, the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) administration...

Indonesia: Police foil attempt to export Komodo dragons for Rp 500 million apiece

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The Jakarta Post 28 Mar 19; Police in East Java have busted a network of criminals they say attempted to smuggle 41 Komodo dragons out of...

Indonesia: Russian accused of trying to smuggle drugged orangutan from Bali

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Ni Komang Erviani The Jakarta Post 23 Mar 19; Dewa Delanata, head of the airport’s quarantine office, said the orangutan had been drugged...

Indonesia: Smuggler arrested in Papua with over 2,000 endangered turtles

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Agence France-Presse Jakarta Post 15 Mar 19; A man has been arrested for trying to smuggle 2,000 endangered pig-nosed turtles, police sai...

Viral video of snake handling is ‘horrifying’, ‘unacceptable’: Animal activists

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SHERLYN SEAH Today Online 11 Mar 19; SINGAPORE — Animal experts and activists, including Member of Parliament (MP) Louis Ng, have express...

Malaysia: MMEA foils bid to smuggle 3,300 terrapins into country

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MOHD SABRAN MD SANI New Straits Times 2 Mar 19; BATU PAHAT: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled a bid to smuggle 3,30...

Malaysia: Retired Professor saving river terrapins

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ROSLI ZAKARIA New Straits Times 2 Mar 19; KEMAMAN: Being a retiree is not an excuse to laze around the house. For Professor Dr Maketab Mo...

Malaysia seizes 3,300 rare turtles in suspected trafficking case

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Reuters 27 Feb 19; KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities seized about 3,300 rare pig-nosed turtles on Wednesday suspected of bei...

Crocodile caught at Lower Seletar Reservoir, water activities remain suspended

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Channel NewsAsia 23 Feb 19; SINGAPORE: A crocodile that was spotted at Lower Seletar Reservoir last week has been caught, said national w...

Crocodile spotted at Lower Seletar Reservoir, water activities suspended

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Channel NewsAsia 14 Feb 19; SINGAPORE: All water and fishing activities at Lower Seletar Reservoir have been suspended until further noti...

Indonesia: Population of Komodo dragons in national park stable

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Antara 2 Feb 19; Komodo dragons in the Komodo National Park in West Manggara, East Nusa Tenggara. ANTARA FOTO/Indrianto Eko Suwarso/aww. ...