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Rights group condemns Hong Kong company tests on severed animal heads, limbs
23+ hour, 14+ min ago (422+ words) HONG KONG: An animal rights group called on Wednesday for a Hong Kong e-commerce company to stop conducting experiments that it said involve keeping detached animal heads and limbs "viable" for hours. Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited (HKTV), the…...
Indonesian forest loss surges by 66% in 2025, driven by Prabowo's self-sufficiency drive, report shows
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (508+ words) JAKARTA, March 31 (Reuters) - "Forest loss in Indonesia surged by 66% in 2025, hitting its highest rate in eight years as a result of "weak environmental protections and an ambitious food and energy self-sufficiency drive, an environmental group said on Tuesday. The archipelago,…...
Rehabilitated orangutan gave birth to seventh child in Indonesia's Mt. Leuser national park
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (584+ words) JAKARTA: A 38-year-old female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) named Pesek gave birth to her seventh child in Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL) in North Sumatra on Tuesday (March 24), marking a major milestone for orangutan conservation in the wild. TNGL confirmed…...
Attracting birdwatching flock to Shah Alam
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1303+ words) TAMAN Tasik Shah Alam is spreading its wings. The 17ha urban park in Selangor is being reimagined as a premier birdwatching hub to capture a slice of the lucrative global ecotourism market. This strategic move aims to position Shah Alam as…...
QuickCheck: Did Perhilitan sell 19 elephants to unspecified parties?
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (167+ words) The ivory trade and elephant poaching have plagued conservation efforts for decades. Claims arose on social media recently that the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) sold 19 elephants to unknown buyers. In a statement on Friday (March 27), Perhilitan director-general Datuk…...
Two tiger cubs die at Indonesia's Bandung Zoo amid management uncertainty
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (577+ words) JAKARTA: Two Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) cubs at the Bandung Zoo in West Java died after contracting a highly contagious viral disease, raising fresh concerns as the facility remains closed amid uncertainty over its management. The eight-month-old cubs died…...
New species, rare wildlife, including a pit viper, discovered in Cambodia's karst caves, say conservationists
1+ week, 3+ day ago (436+ words) PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): A new biodiversity survey has revealed the vast array of species living within karst ecosystems in western Cambodia's Battambang province, conservationists said in a joint press release on Monday. Exploring over 60 caves across ten hills in the…...
New bird species confirmed in Japan for first time in 45 years, found on Tokara Islands in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture
1+ week, 4+ day ago (289+ words) TOKYO: A new bird species has been confirmed in Japan for the first time in 45 years. A team from the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology and the Forest Research and Management Organization announced that a new species of warbler was confirmed…...
Cambodia records third newborn rare Mekong dolphin in 2026
1+ week, 4+ day ago (169+ words) PHNOM PENH: (Bernama-Xinhua) Another newborn Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin has been spotted, raising the number of newborn dolphins in Cambodia to three so far this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) said in a news release on Saturday…...
Call for review over how Hong Kong manages wild boars and buffaloes
1+ week, 5+ day ago (801+ words) Animal activists have urged Hong Kong authorities to review their culling strategy for wild boars and to introduce measures such as animal bridges to reduce human-wildlife conflict in urban areas following the recent deaths of eight wild pigs and a…...