Public invited to join final leg of 240km walk to save tigers tomorrow
The long and arduous journey of ‘A Walk For Tigers’ will come to its final stretch tomorrow, and the public is encouraged to join the final 19km of the 240km walk.
Among those who participated in the walk is actress Sharifah Sofia Syed Hussein, who had completed 215km so far.
Streaming live on her personal Instagram account earlier this afternoon, Sharifah...
The long and arduous journey of ‘A Walk For Tigers’ will come to its final stretch tomorrow, and the public is encouraged to join the final 19km of the 240km walk.
Among those who participated in the walk is actress Sharifah Sofia Syed Hussein, who had completed 215km so far.
Streaming live on her personal Instagram account earlier this afternoon, Sharifah called on her followers to join tomorrow's walk from Batu Caves to the group’s final destination, the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
“Tomorrow is our last leg. We will be (walking) from the Batu Caves’ McDonalds at 8am to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
“And that is when we are really expecting you (the public) to be there. We have done 215 kilometres (so far),” she said, adding that there was 6km left to walk today from Genting Sampah to Batu Caves.
The walk was initially supposed to conclude today but had to be postponed to tomorrow due to Sharifah’s leg injury sustained on the seventh day of the walk.
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The 240km-long journey from Sungei Relau in Taman Negara ends at the Kuala Lumpur High Court as the group initially intended to file a legal suit for the protection of Malayan tigers at the end of the walk.
However, since the courthouse would not be operating on a weekend, Sharifah told Malaysiakini that the suit had already been filed.
"We have actually already filed (the) suit, so this walk is a symbolic one.
"Once there (at the High Court), there will be a little speech to thank everyone, and answer any questions if needed," she said.
Brink of extinction
Free Malaysia Today reported that the actress, who has starred in films such as Pisau Cukur, is seeking a declaration from the High Court that Malayan tigers will be driven to extinction within the next 10 years due to deforestation.
Sharifah was driven to undertake the arduous task of the 240km-long journey after she was devastated by the dwindling numbers of Malayan tigers.
Sharifah previously told Malaysiakini that many lawmakers had expressed their desire to join her on the walk, including Ketari assemblyperson Young Syefura Othman who unfortunately could not make it due to traffic build-up caused by the Janda Baik landslides.
A national survey by the Wildlife and National Parks Department, WWF-Malaysia, and other NGOs from 2016 to 2020 found there are fewer than 150 tigers in Malaysian forests, down from about 3,000 in the 1950s.
"Loss of habitat due to rapid development, agriculture expansion, and widespread hunting has caused the population to decline to about 500 individuals at the turn of the century," WWF-Malaysia said.
The Malayan tiger is a totally protected species under the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 and is classified as critically endangered under the International Union of Conservation of Nature's Red List for Threatened Species.
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