Groups concerned over poaching at Belum-Temengor forest

Semasa aku balik kampung hari tuu aku ada dengar cerita ni jugak, ceritanya begini Orang Kampung yang selalu bermain di Hutan Berhampiran kampung aku terserempak dengan Orang dari Siam..Thailand la, Orang Siam ni bukan calang-calang orang diorang macam komando jugak, semua boleh makan(apa jenis binatang pun diorang makan) hidup dalam hutan dengan bekalan beras PULUT sahaja(species ni tak makan nasi) tujuan diorang datang mencari Tenggiling iaitu sejenis Species Binatang yang terancam, mahal binatang ni boleh laa buat downpayment kancil, mereka jugak mencari sejenis kayu dipanggi kayu gaharu, gaharu ni memang laa mahal kalau dalam satu Kilo tu hampir mencecah ribuan ringgit, yang pakar dekat kawasan ni hanya Orang Asli sahaja laa. Orang kampung pun tak sempat nak cari benda ni. Kehadiran mereka ni juga memasuki HUTAN BELUM, mungkin disebabkan hutan ini bersebelahan sempadan Thailand. Hutan Belum ni kalau Sesiapa nak masuk kena buat permit bukannya boleh langgar macam tu sahaja. NOTE: dari kampung aku nak ke Hutan Belum mungkin memakan masa dua jam kot kalau naik basikal tua mungkin 12 jam hehee..nak detail pesal kes ni klik PETALING JAYA: Wildlife conservation organisations are concerned over the number of poaching cases at the Belum-Temengor forest in Perak.

Worldwide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF) and Traffic, which monitors the trading of protected species, believe that the porous border between the forest and Thailand is a reason for the activity.

The WWF’s Wildlife Protection Unit head Ahmad Zafir said the area was easily accessible via the 80km long Gerik-Jeli highway that cuts across the area.

There were five cases this year, involving Thai and Cambodian nationals who set traps in the area and smuggle protected animals out of the country, he added.

He said the latest case involved a 55-year-old man from Chiang Rai, Thailand. He was caught with scales of a pangolin and six sacks of agarwood, or gaharu, by Malaysian police two weeks ago.

“Intelligence-led investigations are needed to remove the masterminds and backers behind the scourge,” Traffic’s Chris R. Shepherd said.

WWF CEO Datuk Dr Dionysius Sharma said the Government should form a task force, comprising the army, Immigration, Customs and Perak state parks corporation, and the forestry department to stamp out poaching and cross-border encroachment.

Meanwhile, Perhilitan seized a pair of Malayan honey bear limbs during a raid at a business premises in Kemaman early in the month.

Perhilitan legal and enforcement director Saharudin Anan said: “Investigations revealed that the bear was caught at a nearby jungle and its limbs were to be used in the preparation of soup”.

In another operation on Aug 18, Perhilitan raided another business premises in Seri Kembangan and seized six night herons, three painted storks, two lesser thick-billed green pigeons, two pythons and two water monitors.