Upreshpal Singh

Company owned by Malaysians clearing PNG forests

Company owned by Malaysians clearing PNG forests

LETTER | Clearing forests for palm oil or any other agricultural crop is unacceptable and must stop.

Stop transfer of elephants to private zoos

Stop transfer of elephants to private zoos

LETTER | What was previously thought as a safe refuge for elephants also appears to be a supplier to ghastly zoos.

NGO demands release of Langkawi elephant

NGO demands release of Langkawi elephant

Malaysian NGO Friends of the Orangutans Malaysia (Foto) are up in arms over what it claims is continued abuse of an Asian elephant used for tourism purposes on the popular holiday island of Langkawi.

Rampant deforestation in Kedah needs to stop

Rampant deforestation in Kedah needs to stop

Despite the Malaysian government's promises to protect our forests and the environment, deforestation is occurring on a destructive scale. As you read this article, forests in the Kedah state are being devoured on a daily basis, and this needs to be stopped.

Orangutan's future still in limbo

Orangutan's future still in limbo

Orangutan's future still in limbo.

Abused orangutan must be urgently relocated

Abused orangutan must be urgently relocated

While imported pandas are given VIP treatment daily at Zoo Negara, Katarina, an orangutan who spends her days in squalid and deplorable conditions, is given quite the opposite treatment at the Kuala Lipis Zoo in Pahang.
Changes needed at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park zoo

Changes needed at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park zoo

In January last year, a senior veterinarian from the Sabah Wildlife Department announced that the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park zoo would be improved in a ‘master plan’ involving RM500,000 which would be spent in the same year, with the state cabinet’s approval. The same vet also admitted the zoo was bleeding massive amounts of money, several million yearly to be exact.
Giant panda project nonsensical

Giant panda project nonsensical

At a time when orangutans and other animals here need more help than ever, the plan to take on loan two pandas from China is surely one of the worst decisions ever made with regards to wildlife conservation and management in our country.
The NRE have got their priorities wrong

The NRE have got their priorities wrong