FWD: Department updating list of animals kept in private zoos

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Friday July 23, 2004

Department updating list of animals kept in private zoos

BY HILARY CHIEW

 

PETALING JAYA: The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) is

updating its list of captured animals in private zoos and individual collection.

 

This would lead to a national inventory of the number and types of animals kept

by these outfits, seen as a long-awaited move to start anew on the tardy

documentation of animal collection outside official zoos (like Zoo Negara and

the Malacca Zoo).

 

& #147;The inventory will help us start on a clean slate in monitoring animal

collections in the country, be it for commercial enterprises or for private

keeping, & #148; said Perhilitan enforcement officer Misliah Mohamed Bashir.

 

The inventory would likely start in September and the data would come in handy

for inspection of the private zoos and collections once the updates are

completed, Misliah told The Star.

 

Under the Wildlife Protection Act, the keeping of wild animals requires an

annual licence from Perhilitan.

 

& #147;If the owners cannot produce the required documents to show that the

specimens they are holding originate from legal sources, we will have to

confiscate these animals, & #148; Misliah said.

 

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