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Gnoof
post Oct 6 2006, 08:35 PM

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QUOTE(titansulcata @ Oct 6 2006, 08:19 PM)
here's the news
KUALA LUMPUR: Tortoises from India and snakes and lizards from Africa and Latin America are finding their way into more Malaysian homes.

And as the demand for exotic pets grows, so too the list of prized wildlife.

However, many people do not realise that a number of these animals are on the endangered list.

While some are imported, most of these are captured from the wild and smuggled into the country.

The Star tortoise (Geochelone elegans), for example, is taken from the wild in India, where it is protected, and brought in by smugglers.

This tortoise is among the many exotic pets that are being sold in the Klang Valley.

We visited one pet shop in Mutiara Damansara and asked the owner about Star tortoises...............


In 2004, Traffic Southeast Asia released the report Demand Driven: The Trade of Indian Star Tortoises, Geochelone elegans in Peninsular Malaysia, which highlighted Malaysia as a major hub in the international illegal trade of this species.
The study's survey of 31 pet stores in Kuala Lumpur found more than three-quarters of them sold the tortoises. The reptiles are often dehydrated, bound with tape and stuffed into stockings to limit movement when smuggled into the country. Many do not survive the journey.
Those who keep Indian Star Tortoises, now you all know what kind of pets you all keep.

This post has been edited by Gnoof: Oct 6 2006, 08:44 PM
Gnoof
post Oct 6 2006, 09:19 PM

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QUOTE(titansulcata @ Oct 6 2006, 08:57 PM)
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The fine for selling protected species without a licence is RM5,000 and/or two years in jail.
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Didn't say got fine for keeping em  whistling.gif  whistling.gif  whistling.gif  whistling.gif  whistling.gif
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You still can't get my point.
I mean those who keep star tortise are keeping an endangered species animal.
undstnd?
Gnoof
post Oct 7 2006, 04:21 PM

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QUOTE(uzairi @ Oct 7 2006, 03:21 AM)
And u are selling Red Eyed Crocodile Skink ?  wink.gif  wink.gif Correct yourself before u correct others my fren.
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oops.....I can't found Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis) inside CITS endangered species list!
But found Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans ) listed inside CITES Appendix II biggrin.gif
Gnoof
post Oct 8 2006, 03:33 PM

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QUOTE(e1elme @ Oct 7 2006, 05:20 PM)
but croc skink is not captive bred also tongue.gif
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Not captive breed..........but croc skink not endangered species right?
So I'm not dealing with ENDANGERED SPECIES ANIMAL 。 biggrin.gif

Some, some Star Tortoise in the market also not captive breed what.


QUOTE(uzairi @ Oct 7 2006, 05:27 PM)
Yeah, now u wont. But u are the ones who started making them to be extinct. Maybe in 3-4 years time, you'll see them in the list.  wink.gif
Exactly rite. I just dont know they are thinking. They should correct themselves before correcting others.  doh.gif
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But not now.......haha

I'm not dealing with endangered species right? And never go agains the law too.
Fyi, I'm not selling croc skink in bulk, just 3 of them. Just want to sell it away for other purpose.
Some pple know that Star Tortoise is an endangered species but yet they still dealing with it........this one betul betul don't know what they are thinking doh.gif rclxub.gif pening!!



Btw, I'm here to point out the fact, no intend to 'shoot' anybody. icon_rolleyes.gif icon_rolleyes.gif
I'm sorry if I had offenced anyone of you here.

This post has been edited by Gnoof: Oct 8 2006, 04:58 PM

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