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1,135 compounds worth RM546,600 issued in May alone

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 10:57 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry issued a total of 1,135 compounds worth RM549,600 under the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act 1975 for the control of dengue outbreak during the month of May.

The Director-General of Health, Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said that during the same month, 45 cases were taken to court and were fined RM17,300. Another 196 cases had been registered in court for further action, he said in a statement, here today.

On the enforcement of tobacco products control, 1,189 compounds worth RM229,950 had been issued. -- BERNAMA

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First satellite tagging of saltwater crocodile in Borneo

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 09:13 PM PDT

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC) recently fitted a satellite tag on a saltwater crocodile in the Kinabatangan, an effort to monitor its movements to ensure its further survival following the changing landscape emerging from plantations.

SWD director Dr Laurentius Ambu said the tagging of this four-metre long male crocodile named 'Girang', was the first of such initiative in Borneo, and may possibly be the first in South-East Asia.

It was carried out in the vicinity of the Field Centre with the assistance of the SWD Rescue Unit, he said in a joint statement by SWD and DGFC here, today.

"Following the Human-Crocodile Conflict Conference that was held in Kota Kinabalu in June 2010, SWD expressed a desire to carry out scientific work on the primary cause for the rising levels of conflict being experienced in Sabah large rivers.

"The tagging of a saltwater crocodile with a satellite device, is the start of a long-term research and conservation programme initiated by our Department and the DGFC," added Ambu.

DGFC director Dr Benoit Goossens, who is also leader of the Kinabatangan Crocodile Programme, explained that plantations caused a considerable decrease in the overall amounts of prey available especially to large individuals.

"This situation makes for a far more dangerous environment. The realisation of this is that attack rates found near plantations are extremely high compared to those of forested areas.

"By tagging large crocodiles in plantation areas and in forested areas, and especially males which are potential man-heaters, we will try to understand and monitor the movements of these large predators," added Goossens.

It is hoped that the results will help in providing guidelines for plantation workers and local villagers, in order to reduce fatal attacks and contribute to the protection of this very important species for ecosystem health and tourism, he concluded. --BERNAMA

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