The country’s parliament has approved a controversial new law to round up millions of free-roaming dogs and put them into shelters, with animal lovers and the main opposition party seeking to fight the legislation.

A controversial new bill wants to confine millions of the country’s free-roaming dogs, alarming activists who fear the move will result in the widespread killing of the animals.

Nearly six years after being caught illegally possessing 81 pangolins in Malaysia, a former police officer has received one of the longest prison sentences for a crime involving the world's most trafficked animal.