By Dr Amerit Singh I REFER to the complaints of S.M. Mohd Idris of Sahabat Alam Malaysia in "Law almost useless in protecting animals" (NST, Dec 31). The Wildlife and National Parks Department is concerned with the alleged ill-treatment of caged animals in pet shops as stated in the letter.

By Elizabeth John KUALA LUMPUR: The skin's coarse, folded and wrinkled but this flash of thigh has some hearts in the wildlife fraternity racing. It belongs to the elusive and critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros.

By Elizabeth John SEREMBAN: Threatened by logging, land clearing and poachers, wildlife like the gaur and wild dog are moving higher up into the country's mountains.

KUALA LUMPUR: Amazing Ten Sdn Bhd will be issued a compound notice for keeping protected wildlife without a licence. Wildlife and National Parks Department law and enforcement director Misliah Mohamad Basir said the exhibitor had at least 19 protected animals at its centre in Genting Highlands.