The seizure of 450 rare and endangered turtles, which were stuffed into four suitcases, at Bangkok International Airport last week has highlighted growing concern over animal poaching in Asia.

Luke Hunt travelled from Southern India to north Borneo for this report for Radio Australia.

Presenter: Luke Hunt
Speakers: Tony Lamb, agriculturalist and horticulturalist with the Malaysian government; Sridhar Lakshmana, Managing Trustee for the Base Camp Social Research Foundation in southern India.