Probe pest control practices

Resorting to poisons and other illegal means to deal with wildlife seems to be a common practice but sometimes with tragic, unintended consequences.

Two brothers aged two and three died after eating keropok (crackers) containing rat poison in Kampung Padang Ubi in Kulim, Kedah on July 7. The poison was meant for monkeys.

Also last month, a teenage boy fell ill after eating biscuits believed to be laced with poison at an orchard in Kemaman, Terengganu.