Visitors flock back to wildlife centre
KUCHING: The Semenggoh Wildlife Centre is not a place to be missed. Located approximately 24km from the city, the centre offers a chance to travellers to witness semi-wild orangutans enjoying their life in a secure natural habitat. An observation made by New Sarawak Tribune found that many visitors, both locals and international tourists alike, throng […]
Authorities seize cash, body parts of protected wildlife
KUCHING: The Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) confiscated several body parts of protected wildlife in Ulu Sungai Melatai, Baleh, estimated to be worth around RM54,000. “The parts included hornbill feathers and pangolin scales. Money was also seized,” SFC said on social media on Monday. Nine foreigners were arrested and taken to the Kapit police station while […]
Ensuring safe habitat for wildlife
The Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) maintains a keen focus on its comprehensive forest restoration plans which benefit nature as well as local communities. Its director Datuk Hamden Mohammad said among these plans was to conserve and increase the coverage of forested area in Malaysia through enrichment planting, adding that forested area is presently at 55.3 […]
Tapir wanders into school while students sit for SPM paper
KUANTAN: Pandemonium struck when students of SMK Sungai Soi here sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination received a ‘visit’ from a tapir yesterday morning (Feb 25). Its principal, Zolkifli Abd Ghani said he was informed by the staff on duty about the animal that showed up in the school compound at about 10.30 am before contacting the rescue […]
20 suspected wildlife parts seized
MIRI: Over 20 suspected wildlife parts including those from some totally protected and protected species were seized by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) enforcement officers during an operation in Niah yesterday (Nov 4) afternoon. According to a press statement released today (Nov 5), SFC enforcement officers from Miri Regional Office made a spot check at a […]
Two-thirds decline in vertebrate species
KUCHING: The Living Planet Report (LPR) 2020 shows a two-thirds decline in the vertebrate species due to increasing destruction of nature by humans since 1970. WWF has urged ending the environmental destruction for the sake of the wildlife and livelihoods of people. “This catastrophic impacts not only wildlife populations but also human health and all […]
5m King Cobra gives family the shivers
MIRI: A 5m-long King Cobra weighing 10kg gave a family of 12 in Jalan Bakam here goosebumps, after it was found hiding behind a wardrobe. According to Civil Defence Department (APM) officer Capt (PA) Usman Harto, three of his colleagues rushed to the location after responding to an alert around 2.54pm, Wednesday (Aug 5). They […]
Snares wreak havoc among SEA’s wildlife
KUCHING: A snaring crisis is decimating wildlife in Southeast Asia and increasing the risk of zoonotic disease transmission to humans, according to a new report from World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). In a statement, an estimated 12.3 million snares threatened wildlife in the protected areas of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, a group of countries at the […]
Sun bear, green iguana surrendered to SFC
KUCHING: A two-week old male sun bear and a green iguana, both identified as protected species, were surrendered to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) in Miri by two concerned citizens on Tuesday. The sun bear was surrendered by a man from Long Liwok, Sg Layun Ulu Baram. Before that, he approached Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis […]
Roadkills threaten tapir population in Johor
By Lucia Terey John JOHOR BAHRU: It does not come as a surprise when one hears of wildlife getting killed because of human encroachment into their jungle habitat through unplanned development as well as poaching. But their being threatened by roadkill is something too much to bear. Saddening but that is the reality. The Malayan […]
