The Sabah Wildlife Department director said Sabah had been the focus of poachers and smugglers of the Sunda pangolins, which is scientifically known asHowever, he could not provide accurate data on the number of the mammals in the state."The statistics, however, do not show the real scenario involving poachers of the pangolins because, based on research, only 30% of the criminals are caught," he told Bernama recently.
Sunda pangolins are fully protected under the Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997, like other wildlife such as the Orang Utan, bears, Clouded Leopard, Proboscis monkeys, turtles and the Banteng, he said.
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