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wildlife

In 2014,tiger conservationists
revealed that despite having the
target of doubling the Malaysian tiger
population to 1,000 by 2020, all that
remained were an estimated 300 tigers.
The world over, tiger experts from
various sectors have been attempting
to devise tiger-saving mechanisms, but
with little success. Globally, fewer than

3,000 linger on, down from a 100,000

a mere century ago.

But it is undeniable that the tiger

might already be extinct in the wild if

not for conscious conservation efforts

by many.

The recent publication MYCAT

Tracks: The Malayan Tiger’s Struggle

for Existence profiles over a decade

of trials and tribulations of Malayan

tiger conservation. Published by the

Malaysian Conservation Alliance for

Tigers (MYCAT), it makes a frightening

prediction – Malayan tigers will

disappear from most forests within the

next 10 years if Malaysia does not up

her game right now.

PHOTO NAJJUA ZULKEFLI/ZUMA PRESS/CORBIS

The Dwindling Roar

of the Wild

malayan tigers get a boost to support on-the-ground protection

By Loretta Ann Shepherd