KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry is considering amending the Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997 to make the killing of fully protected animals as a strict liability offence. He reiterated, the ministry was taking wildlife poaching seriously and they had come up with several resolutions to curb these crimes. The (wildlife department) director (Augustine Tuuga) has briefed us of the challenges and they had done their best within their means to tackle (wildlife poaching). Another recent wildlife poaching incident involved the mutilation of eight green turtles on Pulau Bum Bum off Semporna. keywords: turtle, WWF Malaysia, Wildlife Conservation Enactment, Datu Rosmaidi Datu Sulai, Augustine Tuuga, Sabah Wildlife Department, Sabah Forestry Department, Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Bornean pygmy elephant, Kinabatangan, green turtles, Pulau Bum Bum, Semporna

Source: New Strait Times September 30, 2017 09:00 UTC