Over 1,400 tortoises seized in last quarter


PETALING JAYA: More than 1,400 smuggled tortoises bound for Malaysia have been seized worldwide from July to Sep­tember this year.

A report by Paris-based wildlife group Robin Des Bois compiled reports showing that most of these seizures were in India.

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