Guest guest Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 ***************************Advertisement*************************** eCentral - Your Entertainment Guide http://www.star-ecentral.com ***************************************************************** This message was forwarded to you by yitzeling. Comment from sender: This article is from The Star Online (http://thestar.com.my) URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/2/22/nation/10220819 & sec=nation ________________________ Tuesday February 22, 2005 Farm stirs up hornet’s nest BY HILARY CHIEW PETALING JAYA: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is not happy that a private breeder is keeping close to 100 endangered species in captivity at Kampung Janda Baik in Pahang without its knowledge. While the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) said the animals kept by breeder Muzaffar Kaisar Ishak was “above board”, the ministry is annoyed that it had not been informed. The ministry’s Conservation and Environment Management division deputy under-secretary Dr Nadzri Yahaya said they were puzzled as to why they were not told of such an arrangement since the division oversees the country's biodiversity conservation efforts. The ministry now wants Perhilitan to give details about the project, which reportedly included a pair of less than a-year-old green peafowl that comes from the World Pheasant Association captive-breeding programme. This bird had gone extinct since the late 1950s from the peninsula’s forests. The pair is part of a dozen of young birds that arrived in Malaysia in early December to form the foundation stock for the reintroduction programme. The other birds have been placed at Perhilitan’s breeding centres at Sungkai, Perak and Jemaluang, Johor. Wildlife trade observers had questioned the source of the animals at Kampung Janda Baik, at a breeding farm purportedly called Wildlife Fauna Breeding and Research. The conservation community had also raised concerns over Muzaffar’s technical capabilities to breed the endangered species and the financial soundness of the project on the 0.8ha site in hilly Bentong. “We had asked to look at the relevant documents for the joint-breeding programme,” said Dr Nadzri. Commenting on the issue, Perhilitan enforcement director Misliah Mohd Bashir said Muzaffar’s collections are above board. The department had issued a special permit to Muzaffar to breed at least 20 endangered species, consisting of both native and non-native birds, primates and small mammals. “He has a special permit for totally protected species and licence for protected species. And he has the proper certificates for his Cites (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) species. “With the special permit he is allowed to breed these species,” she said, but was unable to disclose when the permission was given or confirm the number of species covered by the permit. Related story:<BR><A HREF= " http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/2/22/features/1016102\ 4 & sec=features " target=on_top>A private breeding ground for endangered fauna</A> <p> ________________________ Your one-stop information portal: The Star Online http://thestar.com.my http://biz.thestar.com.my http://classifieds.thestar.com.my http://cards.thestar.com.my http://search.thestar.com.my http://star-motoring.com http://star-space.com http://star-jobs.com http://star-ecentral.com http://star-techcentral.com 1995-2004 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Star Publications is prohibited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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