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A conservationist group says claims that a nocturnal Asian lizard could treat AIDS have led to a sharp boom in illegal smuggling of the reptile.

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Environment experts yesterday advised the Senate committee on trade and commerce that the rampant sale of tuko or geckos are reflective of the illegal trade in endangered species and wildlife in the country.

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News that Gov. Lilia Pineda has offered a reward of P200,000 to anyone who could provide information leading to the arrest of the suspect in the robbery and sexual molestation of a dentist in Sto. Domingo town had made a group of gecko hunters shift to “bounty hunting.”

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 Expressing alarm over what he described as the “over-hunting” of geckos in the country for medicinal purposes, a lawmaker yesterday urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into the massive and indiscriminate trading of gecko or what is known locally as “tuko.

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The head of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) based here yesterday sought the help of mayors in Pangasinan to curb the wanton collection and sale of tuko (gecko lizard).

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Catching and trading of house-dwelling lizards, known as tokay gecko or locally called "tuko," have been banned by the municipal government.

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Environment experts yesterday advised the Senate committee on trade and commerce that the rampant sale of tuko or geckos are reflective of the illegal trade in endangered species and wildlife in the country.

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 Expressing alarm over what he described as the “over-hunting” of geckos in the country for medicinal purposes, a lawmaker yesterday urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into the massive and indiscriminate trading of gecko or what is known locally as “tuko.

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The head of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) based here yesterday sought the help of mayors in Pangasinan to curb the wanton collection and sale of tuko (gecko lizard).

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