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LETTER | Captive breeding of tigers is not conservation

LETTER | Captive breeding of tigers is not conservation

A 2008 study found that most captive-born predators do not survive after being released into the wild.
'Rare clouded leopard sighting in Tawau a call for greater conservation efforts'

'Rare clouded leopard sighting in Tawau a call for greater conservation efforts'

Threatened by poaching and deforestation, there are only about 750 of such leopards left in Sabah.
Perhilitan seeks info on elephant hurt by trap in Kluang plantation

Perhilitan seeks info on elephant hurt by trap in Kluang plantation

This comes after a spate of cases of human-elephant conflict in Peninsular Malaysia.
LETTER | End speciesism: For the animals, planet and human health

LETTER | End speciesism: For the animals, planet and human health

'We would like to encourage everyone to change how we view and treat other species, take measures to reduce the suffering of other species...'

LETTER | Crackdown on wildlife trade sorely appreciated

LETTER | Crackdown on wildlife trade sorely appreciated

Our IGP’s commitment to protecting Malaysia’s wildlife is applauded, as is Perhilitan's recent operations.
Police confirm receiving a report on animals pierced with arrows

Police confirm receiving a report on animals pierced with arrows

A National Landscape Department employee lodged the report after receiving a video on abuses to a monkey and a monitor lizard.

Singapore crushes ivory from around 300 elephants to deter illegal trade

Singapore crushes ivory from around 300 elephants to deter illegal trade

This is the biggest such event globally in recent years and signals the island nation's fight against illegal trade in wildlife, authorities say.

LETTER | Feeding wildlife endangers hikers at Kledang Hill, Ipoh

LETTER | Feeding wildlife endangers hikers at Kledang Hill, Ipoh

Troops of monkeys gather around the walking pathway, looking for food after a person had provided food to the monkeys.

LETTER | WWF-Malaysia applauds the govt’s anti-poaching efforts

LETTER | WWF-Malaysia applauds the govt’s anti-poaching efforts

World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia calls for the establishment of a Wildlife Crime Unit under the police force.

Scientific insights into pandemics, people & nature

Scientific insights into pandemics, people & nature

Disease Ecologist Dr. Peter Daszak Featured on 1st Episode of new Biodiversity Podcast

Kangaroo Island Dunnart recovery supported by citizen scientists across the country

Kangaroo Island Dunnart recovery supported by citizen scientists across the country

The Kangaroo Island dunnart is listed as endangered with a population estimated at 300-500 individuals prior to the 2019-20 bushfires.
LETTER | The murdering of our wildlife continues

LETTER | The murdering of our wildlife continues

'We cannot pretend to be a caring society when we let these murders continue in the name of development and progress.'

Should we save zoos during Covid-19 crisis?

Should we save zoos during Covid-19 crisis?

Zoos have been kept afloat, partly with public donations, after losing their incomes from Covid-19, but is it worth M'sians giving them millions?

Video of tapir running free in Sepang housing area ‘a month old’ - Perhilitan

Video of tapir running free in Sepang housing area ‘a month old’ - Perhilitan

Perhilitan director-general Abdul Kadir Abu Hassan says the department will continue to search for the animal.

LETTER | Remembering the World Environment Day

LETTER | Remembering the World Environment Day

Let us all work together to do our part for the environment and spend our time protecting Nature as well.

LETTER | Global human life in danger, wildlife endangered!

LETTER | Global human life in danger, wildlife endangered!

The Covid-19 pandemic has made it more difficult to give priority to the welfare of wildlife.
Pompeo: US calls on China to permanently close wildlife wet markets

Pompeo: US calls on China to permanently close wildlife wet markets

CORONAVIRUS | The US secretary of state cited links between those markets and zoonotic diseases.

Mazpa appeals for aid for wildlife

Mazpa appeals for aid for wildlife

It appeals to the gov't to enable private zoos to continue surviving to look after the welfare of their wildlife.

New York zoo’s Malayan tiger with Covid-19 on the mend, gets meds and TLC

New York zoo’s Malayan tiger with Covid-19 on the mend, gets meds and TLC

CORONAVIRUS | Nadia tested positive for coronavirus while six other bigs developed dry cough at the Bronx Zoo.

Malayan tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

Malayan tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS | The tiger is believed to have been infected by an unidentified asymptomatic zoo employee.

China bans trade, consumption of wild animals due to coronavirus

China bans trade, consumption of wild animals due to coronavirus

Hunting, trading or transporting wild animals for the purpose of consumption will now be illegal.
Covid-19 outbreak: Need for permanent solution on wildlife sale and trade

Covid-19 outbreak: Need for permanent solution on wildlife sale and trade

LETTER | This is needed to prevent another repeat of outbreaks like Covid-19 and Sars, not only in China but globally.

M'sia develops world's first human-elephant conflict resolution mechanism

M'sia develops world's first human-elephant conflict resolution mechanism

Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok lauds the development which addresses conflict between villagers, plantation workers and elephants.

Adult female elephant found dead in Lahad Datu

Adult female elephant found dead in Lahad Datu

Five elephant deaths reported in Sabah so far this year, with the latest involving the adult female elephant in Bagahak yesterday.