A Malaysian government plan to double its population of endangered Malayan tigers to 1,000 through tighter protection is under threat due to persistent poaching, a conservation group warned Tuesday.

An estimated 500 Malayan tigers survive on peninsular Malaysia, an 83 percent plunge from a population estimate conducted in the 1950s. Belum-Temengor forest is a reserve under attack.

NRES, Malayan tiger, population, action plan, MyTWG NRES also announced that 90,000 hectares of new terrestrial protected areas had been gazetted in Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Terengganu, and Negeri ...

The habitat of the Malayan tiger — one of the world’s most endangered tigers — is being threatened by a strange fruit. Because of a growing demand in China for durian, a ‘smelly’ and ...

3 Malayan Tiger Cubs in the Nursery - Cincinnati Zoo by The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on YouTube. To further conservation efforts and ensure the species’ genetic diversity, officials at ...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 23 (Bernama) -- The Malayan Tiger Crisis Action Plan (MTCAP) 2021-2030 will be developed to address the Malayan tiger population crisis and stabilise the population to 400 individuals ...

“The Malayan tiger is on the brink of extinction with fewer than 150 remaining in the wild,” said Mark Rayan Darmaraj, country director of Wildlife Conservation Society Malaysia, ...

Eight-year plan The Malayan tiger was recognized as a subspecies in 2004. Like all tigers, they are excellent swimmers and powerful apex predators.. Smaller than Indonesia’s Sumatran tigers and ...