Commercial trade in the Indian star tortoise was banned in 2019. "The strategic location of Malaysia in Southeast Asia makes ...

He told AFP some 200 turtles and tortoises worth an estimated 246,394 ringgit were rescued during the raid, the second seizure in Malaysia in less than a week.Mr Abdul Kadir said the six arrested ...

Hunting Local people in southern Asian countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh have traditionally collected local tortoise and turtle species for food. However, higher ...

Sources said the increase in instances of Indian tortoises being smuggled to Malaysia is possibly to meet the demand in these ...

Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of smuggled tortoises meant for sale in Southeast Asia, disrupting an international crime ring called the “Ninja Turtle Gang”, a wildlife official ...