Submitted by ProFauna Admin on Fri, 10/07/2016 - 10:35
The largest wildlife trafficking involving pangolins took place in 2008 in Palembang, South Sumatera, where the authority seized 14 tons of frozen pangolins from a warehouse. The raid was suspected to be closely connected to other smuggling attempts foiled during that time in Vietnam, as local authorities believed that the pangolins came from Indonesia.
The whereabouts of six alleged killers of a Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) who uploaded their photo on a Facebook profile named Adam Usu Fairus on June 2016 have finally been identified.
Illigal wildlife dealer, Ahmda Nurholis (20), who was arrested by the nature Conservation Agency of Malang, East Java, for selling a Crested Serpent Eagle a few days turned out to be a member of 'Civet Lovers' club.