(October 28, 2025) MALAYSIA'S wildlife is being slowly hunted to extinction. Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the local chapter of an international organisation headquartered in New York, named poaching as the main reason for the decline in the population of the tiger and its prey species.Last month, the WCS estimated that Peninsular Malaysia needs at least 5,000 rangers to curb the surge in poaching.If Sabah and Sarawak, two states that are heavily forested are included, the number of rangers needed would cer...

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(October 23, 2025) For two years, Malaysian conservationists tracked a tiger named “Bulan” as she raised four cubs. Then a fatal traffic accident made her another statistic in the country’s dwindling population.Malaysia’s national animal is in trouble.Poaching, food loss and diminishing habitat have slashed the population from 3,000 in the 1950s to less than 150 roaming free today, according to official estimates.The government said last month it was ramping up efforts to combat wildlife crime, introducing AI-enab...

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(October 09, 2025) There was a time when the Malayan tiger’s roar echoed across Malaysia’s forests. Those roars have slowly diminished, silenced by snares. Fewer than 150 Malayan tigers now remain in the wild, a stark reminder that our national icon could vanish within our lifetime.But there is still hope. The Belum-Temengor Forest Complex in northern Peninsular Malaysia, one of the last remaining strongholds for the species, continues to show signs of life.Camera traps have captured images of several individual t...

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