Currently, wild animals in Peninsular Malaysia are protected by the Protection of Wild Life Act 1972. This 35-year-old law is severely outdated and riddled with loopholes.There is a serious need for the Malaysian government to remedy the loopholes and beef up the law, as many species continue to be poached and illegally traded at alarming rates. Wildlife offenders often escape arrest, prosecution and punishment.

We need this law to be urgently reviewed comprehensively and amended.

Examples of amendments needed:

• That all products containing or claiming it contains parts of totally protected species to be made illegal.
• That mandatory jail sentences and stiffer fines are imposed for serious wildlife offenses.
• Please extensively review and amend the current law, and seek public input in this process.

SIGN THE PETITION HERE

Please Sign the petition! Its at a phatetic 627 signatures so far and we need to improve on it tremendously if we want to be take seriously! Bloggers, please blog about this and get your readers to also sign up!

From the Shelves of Delirium

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