KUALA LUMPUR - Almost 800 animal parts, including a huge stash of hornbill"ivory", pangolin scales and deer's antlers, have been seized in a raid on Borneo island, officials in Malaysia said on Thursday .
It included 148 helmet-like blocks of reddish keratin that is found on the front of the skulls of colourful hornbill birds. The rest of the stash included hornbill feathers, scales from pangolins - known as"scaly anteaters" - peacock feathers, porcupine quills, and deer antlers, Mr Zolkipli said, adding that it was the biggest such seizure in Sarawak for 16 years.
Ms Elizabeth John, a spokesman for the wildlife trade watchdog Traffic, said the hornbill ivory seizure was"very significant" given the rise in poaching.
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