Perhilitan recorded a 60% drop in wildlife smuggling last year. - Filepic
One of the few positives that came out of the Covid-19 pandemic was that it helped cut down wildlife poaching cases in Malaysia to zero last year, thanks to tighter movement and border control.
According to the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan), wildlife smuggling also dropped by 60% in 2021 – from 10 cases in 2020 to four last year.
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