Volunteers patrol park to stop illegal coral collectors

'Corals are being picked up all the time,' said Mr Grant Pereira, head of the Green Volunteers Network, an arm of the Singapore Environment Council.

'Instead of pointing fingers, we decided to set up the Labrador Park Watch about six months ago.'

Made up of volunteers from the network, Nature Society and a National University of Singapore group called Blue Waters, the group patrols the beach twice a month during low tide with at least one park ranger.

They look out for people who illegally take corals home for their aquariums, or for sale. Full story

An excerpt from the article by Joyce Teo, The Straits Times Interactive. January 26, 2005