Sabah to follow Putrajaya with tighter laws on poaching, wildlife trade

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Deputy Chief Minister Christina Liew says Sabah's wildlife protection laws are lighter compared to other states. FMTNews

The carcass of a bull Borneo pygmy elephant, found with several gunshot wounds at an oil palm plantation in east coast Beluran, Sabah.

Deputy Chief Minister Christina Liew said Sabah had agreed to streamline the laws to prevent those involved in such activities from taking advantage of the state’s relative leniency. “The state government will wait for the amendments to the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 before amending the state’s Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997.”

The elephant, whose tusks were missing, was found dead in a plantation in Beluran with several gunshot wounds on its body. A 20-year-old plantation guard has been detained.

 

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