From Kopitiam


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0A77rohcyg...player_embedded

This post has been edited by auhckw: May 19 2010, 03:59 PM

Sigh... This makes it heart ache. So many years punya pet have to let go.

So where to surrender?

I may be wrong, but isn't this like having pirated movies at home?

Can these people actually raid our home? Let's say they ring on bell, we go quickly hide the animals, will they turn our whole house upside down, or will they just storm into our home? What rights do they have to do that? They need to get a search permit, get the police, etc etc.

So is the new law really targeting/scaring us or just mainly to traders which is much easier to catch?

Yes, but we need a kepala kura kura to take lead, then we ikut belakang.



Been thinking how to settle my tortoises. Sakit hati to let go cause few years with me already... sob sob.

U guys plan to surrender or hide hide...???

FRIM big enough or not?
http://www.frim.gov.my/

So while do we that process if verifying, ask someone inside the house to quickly go hide the tortoise. Maybe in the ceiling.

>>>During the grace period, private owners who have in their possession CITES-listed species that were attained before the enforcement of Intesa may apply for a special permission letter from the relevant authorities starting from Feb 17 to June 28, 2010.

So meaning star and radiated ok boh?

Well.. we all can sama sama bring our tortoise/turtle go there and declare.. but if they wan to rampas... kami sama sama jerit jerit...

Chances are higher they going to confiscate if you go alone, but if we go in a group then at least more people to argue.

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Added on June 21, 2010, 4:28 pmWhatever it is, chances are high that a lot of ppl will not declare or pretend don't know such law.

I tak baca surat khabar punya orang...

This post has been edited by auhckw: Jun 21 2010, 04:28 PM

Do we need to bring our pet along? or just go there register?

If just go there register, then senang... declare, but put address kat neighbor punya rumah. If got operasi, neighbor rumah kena terbalik.

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Added on June 21, 2010, 5:15 pmIf follow IC address also no prob.. that wan kat hometown, they can feel free to drive there to visit. Nothing to hide there.

This post has been edited by auhckw: Jun 21 2010, 05:15 PM

4 more days. 2 more working days.

I wonder will they extend?

I have let go my star tortoise...

As much as you liked them... did you get permit for your stars and radiata?

Wow.. nice info... and nice photo. So big (i mean the tortoise)... looking forward more more photos

I saw those that intentionally breed turtle with 8 figure, but 2 headed? How to intentionally breed?

Hundreds Of Malagasy Tortoises Seized In Malaysia
Posted on July 17, 2010
http://envdevmalaysia.wordpress.com/2010/0...ed-in-malaysia/



Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16 July 2010 – Malaysian Customs Department officers on Wednesday foiled another attempt to smuggle hundreds of Critically Endangered Madagascar tortoises into Malaysia and arrested two women in whose bags, the tortoises were hidden.

The Malagasy women had filled two bags with 369 Radiated Tortoises Astrochelys radiata and five Ploughshare Tortoises Astrochelys yniphora. Apart from the tortoises, the duo had also hidden 47 Tomato Frogs Dyscophus antongilii and several chameleons in their luggage.

This is the second case in just over a month involving the smuggling of these rare tortoises into Malaysia In early June, Customs officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, discovered 285 Radiated Tortoises, 14 Spider Tortoises Pyxis arachnoids and a Ploughshare Tortoise in two unclaimed suitcases that also contained a stash of drugs. No arrests were made in that incident.

The reptiles and amphibians seized in both cases have been handed over to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan).

Perhilitan Director-General Datuk Abd. Rasid Samsudin told press that the two suspects were being investigated under Section 10(A) of Malaysia’s International Trade in Endangered Species Act 2008, which came into force this month.

This section of the law provides for a total fine of up to MYR 1 million or a maximum jail sentence of seven years, or both, if a person is convicted of importing or exporting any scheduled species without a permit.

These cases confirm links between criminal elements in Southeast Asia and Madagascar. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia urges enforcement agencies within the ASEAN-WEN to collaborate in shutting these syndicates down, especially in international airports, as these are truly the hubs of the trade.

Investigations to find the masterminds behind the trade in Madagascar’s tortoises in Southeast Asia should be initiated. It is these people, and those that continue to buy these illegal animals that are driving them towards extinction.

The second seizure of Madagascar tortoises comes hot on the heels of several Perhilitan successes this month.

“Malaysia’s enforcement officers are to be congratulated on their crackdown on wildlife crime, which is sending a strong signal to those involved in the illicit trade that crime doesn’t pay,” said James Compton, Programme Director of TRAFFIC’s Asia-Pacific Programme.

On 11 July, Perhilitan’s Wildlife Crime Unit (WCU) raided the premises of a flea market trader in the state of Selangor and seized several wildlife trophies including five Tiger claws, the casks and beaks of two Rhinoceros Hornbills, Sambar and Barking Deer antlers, bags and shoes made of python and cobra skins and 96 items made of elephant ivory.

On 13 July , the WCU and Malaysian Police raided a car workshop in Kuala Lumpur and discovered over 600 birds, many of them protected under local legislation and/or by international conventions, including three Straw-headed Bulbuls Pycnonotus zeylanicus a Blue-and-Yellow Macaw Ara ararauna, nine Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Cacatua galerita, three Palm Cockatoos Probosciger aterrimus and a pair of Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus.

Two men linked to this case are still at large, police told press on Tuesday when announcing the seizure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzSpU7aE5s

That turtle looks like those turtles in temples

A lot of creative indoor setup for tortoise:
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4941

Outdoor setup:
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4920

This post has been edited by auhckw: Jul 27 2010, 01:48 PM

Do you know which shop/seller has a lot of licensed tortoise for sale?

Also how sure are we that the receipt is valid and Perhilitan ppl wont buat kacau?

Why is Perhilitan not responding?
http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/137923

Sean Whyte
Jul 21, 10
12:40pm

Much has ben written about the proposed new law offering greater protection to wild animals, particularly those in captivity.

On the face of it the new law holds much to look forward to. Things can only improve. But, wait a minute.

What makes anyone think things will improve from even the low standard of animal welfare already existing in Malaysia? If our experience is anything to go by, nothing much, if anything, will change for the better and animals will continue to be trafficked and abused right under the noses of enforcement officials.

The existing Protection of Wildlife Act 1972 provides the Department for Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) with ample opportunity to clamp down on illegal wildlife trading and the abuse of animals in zoos. It does neither.

Even the highly critical National Geographic magazine report in January of this year failed to prod Perhilitan into action, possibly because Perhilitan itself was openly exposed as being at best incompetent, at worst, very sympathetic to those who break the law.

Since January of this year, Nature Alert has filed no less than six detailed, critical reports on conditions in zoos in Malaysia. None have been acted upon.

We have sought help from the Public Complaints Bureau who on the face of it whilst supportive, they have been unsuccessful in persuading Perhilitan to respond to the reports and additional criticisms of how they operate.

Dozens of people have reported their concerns about Perhilitan to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), who, worryingly, seemingly have failed to investigate the reports. If MACC cannot be trusted, who in government can?

Minister Douglas Embas has been kept fully aware of the growing public concern regarding Perhilitan but he also refuses to respond to complaints. One can only wonder why.

How does this all bode for the future? Not good. In fact, it looks very bad for wildlife, particularly those animals and birds unfortunate to be already incarcerated in zoos and wild animal parks.

If Perhilitan will not enforce even the existing wildlife law (and it does not), what hope is there the department would even consider enforcing a new law?

All the evidence to date suggests it will be 'business as usual' for the illegal wildlife traders and zoos – sometimes one and the same thing.

A sad prospect for those Malaysians who do care and international visitors who often find the sight of animals clearly suffering in zoos to be very upsetting.