November 28th, 2005 by Hafiz Noor Shams
Fireflies live in our lore,
so do our turtles since they are no more,
turtles fled and stole our corals,
and hail now for rhinos in murals.
End of Johor rhinos? No sign of animal in national park
Sim Bak Heng
JOHOR BARU, Sun.
Where have the Sumatran rhinoceros in Johor gone? The five animals recorded in the Endau-Rompin National Park 10 years ago are believed to have become victims of poachers…
…A United Nations Development Programme/Global Environment Facility study in the late 1990s was abandoned after some time because they were unable to detect the animals.
p/s – thecicak.com has a new look. Do check them out.
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Embarrassing and shameful, we really need serious reeducation of the entire population of this planet, else we will be left as only species here.
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