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Deaths of pygmy elephants still unsolved

admin May 27, 2013 0 Comments

Several months have passed and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is still wondering who or what is responsible for the untimely deaths of the 14 pygmy elephants which died between December last year and January this year in a forest reserve in central Sabah. It is hard to fathom why it has taken so long for the analysis to be revealed and only after several letters to editors from readers, came the...

Murder of zoo animals cruel

admin March 6, 2013 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) views the killing of a Malayan sun bear and an Arabian stallion in Malacca Zoo as malicious and vicious. Taking the lives of innocent defenseless animals is a vile and dastardly act. This is not the first time revenge is taken on captive wildlife. In 2007, the Langkawi Underwater World lost 600 fish worth thousands of ringgit in a mysterious death believed to...

Sentence for animal poachers too lenient

admin March 5, 2013 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is enraged and highly perturbed to learn of the light sentences meted out over the country's biggest seizure of illegally trafficked tiger. The court’s ruling concerning wildlife can have wide reaching impacts for the precedent it sets will not be a deterrent to others as this could lead to additional killing of other endangered wildlife which the Act is intended...

Severely punish culprits for carnage of Pygmy elephants

admin January 30, 2013 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) views the death of 10 pygmy elephants at the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve as the worst disaster to have happened in 2013. Nothing is more poignant than the sight of an elephant calf tugging at its dead mother - a heart wrenching sight that is certain to tug at the heartstrings of even the most hard-hearted person. SAM condemns the killing of the innocent defenseless...

Deployment of armed guards crucial to combat wildlife poaching

admin August 23, 2012 0 Comments

Frequent reports of seizures of pangolins, snakes and tortoises bound for export out of the country is alarming. The wildlife trade has become even more rampant with the illegal sale of wildlife through the internet. Unregulated, anonymous and virtually unlimited in reach, it offers endless opportunities to a flourishing trade in protected wildlife. Malaysian wildlife species are seriously at...

Pandas are not bartering tools

admin August 23, 2012 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) reiterates its stand against the panda diplomacy loan to Malaysia. Loaning and transferring these sensitive animals and putting them on display in zoos causes pandas undue stress and does nothing to protect their rapidly diminishing natural habitat. The RM30 million enclosure that is to be built offers nothing to pandas except deprivation and relegating these...

Torture in our zoos

admin June 26, 2012 0 Comments

Initial findings conducted by SAM and FOTO over the last 6 months, into the state of the zoos, mini zoos, aviaries and animal parks across Malaysia reveal that these animal establishments are not meeting their legal obligations. Since December 2011, all zoos in Malaysia have been required to meet the basic requirements of the newly introduced (and operative) Wildlife Conservation Act through a...

SAM says no to panda cub deal

admin June 21, 2012 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) strongly objects to the government’s decision to bring in the giant pandas into Malaysia for a ten year loan. News of loan of pandas came as a shock, as in 2009 and subsequently in 2011 SAM had opposed the move to bring in the pandas. SAM is highly critical of the move for bringing in the pandas which is seen as more of a primarily commercial deal and it is...

Urgent need for ban on shark finning

admin March 19, 2012 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is highly disturbed at news of shark finning carried out regularly in the diving haven of Sipadan, off the coast of Semporna in Sabah. There is no reprieve for sharks as calls from academics, divers, conservationists, social activist and NGOs for a ban on shark hunting have proven futile, following a disclosure from the Sabah Department of Fisheries that a total ban on...

GM mosquito release in Malaysia surprises opponents and scientists—again

admin May 3, 2011 0 Comments

Even scientists were surprised by the release of GM mosquitoes in Malaysia, reports sciencemag.org of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)*. Medical entomologist Bart Knols of the University of Amsterdam worries that surprises such as the releases in Grand Cayman and Malaysia may erode public trust and provide anti-GM groups with ammunition. Helen Wallace of the...

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