Augustine Tuuga News Today

IN the pursuit of better health, many folk remedies and preparations exist - and some of them are famed for using ingredients that many would consider "exotic" such as the foetuses of endangered species.

Kota Kinabalu: The State Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment, through the Sabah Wildlife Department (JHL), has opened hunting licences for crocodiles throughout the year.

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Wildlife Department and its key local conservation groups’ coordinated series of impactful projects has significantly strengthened the protection of pangolins which are classified as a totally protected species under Sabah law.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Wildlife Department will not lift its ban on wild boar hunting yet as the animal's population is still low.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah wildlife authorities worked with key local conservation groups to hold a host of initiatives for the protection and conservation of pangolins throughout the state.

KOTA KINABALU (ANN/THE STAR) – Animal rights advocates are urgently calling for an immediate halt to the culling of crocodiles in Sabah. This plea follows the recent revelation by Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) director Augustine Tuuga on Thursday, stating that the state has initiated a culling operation in areas identified as hotspots to mitigate the […]

KOTA KINABALU: Animal rights lawyers want the killing of crocodiles in Sabah to be stopped immediately.

PETALING JAYA: Animal rights lawyers have protested the allegedly “murderous” crocodile culling carried out by the Sabah wildlife department (Perhilitan) in recent weeks, demanding an immediate end to the operation.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has decided to start culling crocodiles at hotspot areas, but there will be no meat or any by-product of these reptiles sold, said the state Wildlife Department.

KOTA KINABALU: The spate of crocodile attacks of late appears to have weighed down on the Sabah Wildlife Department, which has a mere four-man team to deal with such cases.