No Poaching Sign by cynchang

Rosmadi Hassan stumbled upon some bird poachers while out birdwatching at one of his favorite spots in Malaysia.

Rosmadi operates the Wings Among Us blog. I’ve been following it for quite some time. I really enjoy reading blogs from all over the world. In a recent post, Rosmadi wrote about how he came across poachers trying to capture Hanging Parrots and what he did about it.

Rosmadi said:

I don’t consider myself  a brave guy especially when you’re outnumbered but what I saw really got my blood boiling. Poachers up to no good along the trail that I do my weekly birding! This was simply TOO MUCH.

Too much indeed! This is definitely the very last thing I would want to see while out birdwatching. Rosmadi described what he did next:

I stopped the Jeep right where they were setting the traps to question these guys and told them what they were doing was wrong. They didn’t look the violent type so I told these guys to take down their traps and go. If things turned nasty I knew that civilization wasn’t too far away.

Awesome! Rosmadi even took it a step further. He said:

I don’t know whether I was being brave or just plain stupid when I took my camera and tripod and started shooting amidst these guys.

Fortunately, Rosmadi scared the poachers off without any incident. It could have been much worse.

Rosmadi posted a few of the photos he took on his post called For a Fistful of Ringgit: Poachers in Kemensah. You can see the poachers, their gear and he explains how they were trying to lure birds into their traps.

Over the past few months, I’ve seen quite a few news stories where people just don’t want to get involved in situations even when a life is on the line. Not Rosmadi! He stepped up and probably saved a few birds.