(July 29, 2024) Kuala Lumpur: Mungkinkah spesies Harimau Malaya pupus sepenuhnya 20 tahun lagi ? Nasib malang sama pernah dialami spesies badak sumbu Sumatera, badak sumbu Jawa, Merak hijau, burung white- shouldered ibis, bangau keria (sarus crane) dan serati hutan.Bermula dengan angka 3,000 ekor sekitar 1950-an, populasi Harimau Malaya didapati terus menjunam kepada sekitar 150 ekor ketika ini. Angkanya terus merosot apabila haiwan pemangsa ini menjadi sasaran pemburu haram selain mati akibat nahas jalan raya....

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(July 14, 2024) A recent spate of alarming deaths has heightened fears for the Malayan tiger, wildlife authorities and conservationists say, with some calling the threat to Malaysia’s emblematic animal a “national emergency.”Native to the jungles of peninsular Malaysia, the majestic feline subspecies is critically endangered, with fewer than 150 believed to be left in the wild due to habitat loss, illegal poaching and a decline in prey.Found on Malaysia’s coat of arms and considered a national heritage symbol, ...

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(July 11, 2024) IPOH, July 10 — The roadkill death of a Malayan tiger last week was the fourth involving the endangered species in nine months, raising concerns over the conservation of the animals on the brink of extinction.The Malaysia Nature Society (MNS) said that the country could entirely lose the species, which could now number fewer than 150, within a decade without drastic measures to mitigate their loss of habitat to development.“Tigers need a huge space to roam. When their habitat is encroached, it w...

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(July 06, 2024) KUALA LUMPUR – Installing wildlife crossings is not the only solution to reducing wildlife-related roadkill, environmentalists say.Speaking to Scoop recently, Wildlife Conservation Society Malaysia Programme country director Mark Rayan Darmaraj expressed the necessity of conducting a thorough survey on wildlife zones and the need to construct suitable wildlife crossings before implementing such measures.“First and foremost, in relation to new roads being built, the best thing we can do is to mak...

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(July 02, 2024) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) would like to congratulate the authorities on the recent arrest of six suspects in Pahang linked to the wildlife trade.One of the suspects was found with the skull and bones of a tiger, which is a totally protected species under the Wildlife Conservation (Amendment) Act 2022.

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