Malaysian marine polices have in last two weeks week of October 2008 seized the protected animals in a jungle cabin in Pahang state.
The alleged protected animals including 1,244 clouded monitor lizards, 17 water monitor lizards and 11 pythons are believed to be worth about 500,000 ringgit, said Mohamad Hassan Hasmin who is the east coast marine intelligence chief.
The animals are prized for supposed medicinal value,and served as “exotic” Chinese and Vietnam dishes in restaurants.
There are many hunters in Pahang state, who are well paid by the capitalist smugglers, have been hunting the protected animals for years long due to good demands
from Hong Kong, China and Vietnam.
The animals are illegally transported to China via Thailand, Laos and Vietman.
In the past a lot of wildlife Pangolin had been seized in different areas inside Thai soil around the border.
The smuggllers used the jungle routes to avoide the border polices intercepted.
Thais are also hired in the illegal transportation from the Malaysia border to Laos border from where continued to Veitman.
Beside the protected animals, dogs are also needed in Vietnam.
Almost monthly, tens of thousands of dog are collected across the Thailand ant sent to Laos via Mae Nam Kong river and then to Vietnam markets.
The dog meat is not only delicious but also cheap.
Korean peoples are likely to be the most to have eaten dog’s meat.
Basically, all of the exotic animals in Thailand are not permitted to be trade in.
The worat culprits of the illegal wildlife trade are some of the countries in Southeast Asia.
China’s reputation is among the worst when it comes to the illegal trade in wildlife.
