Exotic pet sellers turn to Internet to avoid arrest

KOTA BARU: Despite the authorities’ crackdown on pet sellers who have turned to online portals to sell wild animals, including totally protected species, they are still carrying on their business.

Sources said the pet sellers had added tiger cubs (panthera tigris), monkeys (longtailed macaque), leopard cats (panthera pardus), sulphur crested cockatoo (cacatua galerita) and slow loris (nycticebus coucang) to their list.

The sources said the sellers normally made their offers on Facebook and mudah.my.

“Before this, they were selling bearcat and parrots but now they have turned to tiger cubs, leopard cats, monkeys and birds.

“They are working in departments and private offices but their income is not enough to support their living. Therefore, they choose to get involved in the business.

“There are students who are