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(September 29, 2025) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia does not need to reinvent the wheel in reversing the decline of the Malayan tiger — of which only about 150 remain in the wild — a conservation group said.Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Malaysia, the local chapter of the New York-based organisation, said Nepal and India have proven that the world's largest big cat can be saved.Its country director, Dr Mark Rayan Darmaraj, said the National Tiger Conservation Task Force's (MyTTF) 10-year plan offered promise, but succe...

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(September 22, 2025) KUALA LUMPUR: At least 5,000 wildlife rangers are needed to patrol habitats in Peninsular Malaysia, a conservation group said.Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Malaysia, the local chapter of an international organisation headquartered in New York, added that more personnel were essential to curb poaching, a major factor in the decline of tigers and their prey species.Its country director, Dr Mark Rayan Darmaraj, said poaching had escalated sharply in recent decades. "Prior to two decades ago, ...

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(September 19, 2025) This Malaysia Day, our national celebration has been marred by the shocking news of suspects caught with a tiger carcass hidden in the boot of a vehicle in Mersing, Johor.The sight of our majestic national animal stuffed into a garbage bag, destined for transport and trade, is both sickening and heartbreaking. It is a dreadful reminder that poaching remains a grave threat to tigers and other wildlife in our country.The Wildlife Conservation Society Malaysia (WCS Malaysia) commends the swift acti...

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(September 17, 2025) WWF-Malaysia is appalled by the discovery of a Malayan tiger carcass in Johor, with three individuals arrested in connection with this heinous crime on Malaysia Day.The Malayan tiger is not only a critically endangered species - with fewer than 150 left in the wild - but also our national icon.To have one snared and gunned down on the very day Malaysians honour the formation of our nation is nothing short of tragic and shameful. It is a crime against our ecosystem and against the spirit of our n...

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(August 19, 2025) Sempena sambutan Hari Orang Utan Sedunia 2025, Sarawak melalui Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) mengetengahkan pelbagai inisiatif baharu, memperkukuh kerjasama strategik dan pendekatan berasaskan komuniti yang membantu mengekalkan populasi Orang Utan liar yang stabil di wilayah ini.SFC menerusi satu kenyataan, menyatakan usaha tersebut sebagai komitmen jangka panjang dalam melindungi Orang Utan Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) serta memelihara kepelbagaian biologi negeri ini.“Daripada sejuta h...

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(August 12, 2025) Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam (NRES) menegaskan komitmen untuk memperkukuh kerjasama dengan semua pemegang taruh termasuk agensi kerajaan, pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) dan pihak industri bagi memastikan keseimbangan antara manusia dan hidupan liar dapat dikekalkan.Timbalan Menterinya, Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii berkata, kerjasama strategik ini penting dalam usaha memelihara biodiversiti negara khususnya di kawasan habitat spesies terancam.Menurut beliau, Jabatan Perlindungan Hi...

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(April 01, 2025) Fewer than 150 Malayan tigers remain in their home range of Peninsular Malaysia. Poaching to supply an illegal trade in their body parts is a major threat to the survival of this critically endangered subspecies of tiger, Panthera tigris jacksoni. A new study details a link between the trafficking of people and Malayan tiger parts: Vietnamese migrant workers in Malaysia, indebted to their employers, often turn to the illegal wildlife trade, while network managers and vessel captains use fishing ...

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(March 21, 2025) HARIMAU Malaya menjadi simbol kekuatan dan keberanian menghiasi Jata Malaysia serta tanda kebesaran diraja, selain diangkat sebagai ikon oleh beberapa entiti kerajaan dan korporat.Ia dilindungi di bawah Akta Pemuliharaan Hidupan Liar 2010 (Akta 716) dan tersenarai sebagai sangat terancam dalam Senarai Merah Spesies Terancam Kesatuan Antarabangsa untuk Pemuliharaan Alam Sekitar (IUCN), bermaksud berisiko tinggi untuk pupus di habitat liar.Dilaporkan terdapat kurang 150 harimau Malaya di hutan neg...

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(January 12, 2025) DI sebalik kemeriahan skuad bola sepak negara dengan panggilan 'Harimau Malaya', jumlah haiwan itu di hutan-hutan Malaysia sebenarnya semakin merosot. Harimau Malaya atau Panthera tigris jacksoni hari ini dikesan hanya sekitar 150 ekor sahaja di seluruh negara.Angka ini menurun drastik sekali berbanding 12 tahun lalu yang merekodkan hampir 3000 ekor harimau. Ia menjadikan haiwan itu dilabelkan sebagai Spesies Terancam Tahap Kritikal di bawah Senarai Merah Spesies Terancam Kesatuan Pemuliharaan A...

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(January 02, 2025) Malaysia’s transition to becoming a developed and high-income nation has imposed pressure on its biodiversity.Thankfully, the country has been ramping up its efforts in conservation and the sustainable management of its biodiversity. For instance, it aims for biodiversity conservation to be effectively mainstreamed into development frameworks, threatened natural ecosystems to be sustainably managed and degraded ecosystems restored by 2030, according to the National Policy on Biological Diversity...

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