SINGAPORE: A man was transiting through Singapore in August when he was caught at Changi Airport with 58 Indian star ...

Thailand is sending almost 1,000 endangered lemurs and tortoises back to Madagascar after they were stolen as part of the ...

ANTANANARIVO - Several dozen lemurs and more than 900 tortoises endemic to Madagascar that were trafficked to Thailand will ...

A court in Singapore has sentenced a 40-year-old Indian tourist to 16 months in jail for attempting to smuggle 58 Indian star ...

BANGKOK - Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered lemurs and tortoises back to their home in Madagascar, in what ...

A 2023 TRAFFIC report revealed the alarming scale of trade between Madagascar and Southeast Asia, including how species such ...

Thailand is South-east Asia’s biggest legal importer and exporter ... In 2010, Thai customs authorities seized more than 200 live endangered tortoises being smuggled into the country from ...

particularly between Madagascar and Southeast Asia, with the cute, fuzzy lemurs and rare tortoises sold as exotic pets. Both species, lemurs and tortoises, are on the highly endangered species list.

Among them were spider tortoises, radiated tortoises ... These species are highly sought-after in Asia as exotic pets, though replicating their natural habitat is extremely difficult, often ...

The furry primates and the tortoises will be sent to special centres ... Thailand is south-east Asia's biggest legal importer and exporter of endangered wildlife from Madagascar.