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Untimely end: Police personnel checking out the carcass of the Tiger killed on the East Coast Expressway Phase 2.

Malaysia: Groups seek more passages for animals to cross roads
By Patrick Lee, 7th February 2016;

Malaysia’s roads are not safe enough for animals to cross and more infrastructure is needed to help them do so, green groups said.

Their warnings came after a Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) was killed on a highway yesterday.

More than 100 animals were hit over the past year.

“If you have a road dissecting a (Tiger’s) home range, it’s inevitable they will cross to the other side,” said Wildlife Conservation Society Malaysia director Dr Melvin Gumal.

He said special passages built under or over roads would give animals a chance to cross them without being hit by traffic.

“There (passages) are not enough. Tapirs (Tapirus indicus) are killed, Elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) knocked,” he said, adding that signs asking people to slow down were not enough.

At about midnight yesterday, a Malayan Tiger was hit by a car on the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 (LPT2).

Bernama reported that environmental factors such as wild and domestic animals accounted for 113 accident cases on the LPT2 from Feb 1 to Nov last year.

The Department of Wildlife and National Parks later confirmed that the Tiger was pregnant with two foetuses aged about two months.

WWF-Malaysia executive director Datuk Dr Dionysius Sharma said there have been passages made, though the move to build them has been “slow”.

“We’re finding more increases (of wildlife accidents) on the roads. We need to work faster,” he said.

Malaysian Nature Society president Henry Goh said the LPT2 cut through primary forests in the peninsula.

The highway has been fully operational since Jan 31, 2015.

The Star previously reported that 1,924 wild animals were killed on roads in Malaysia from June 2006 to June 2014.

Source: The Star

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Terengganu Wildlife Department director Mohd Hasdi Husin, when contacted by Bernama here today, said based on an autopsy, the Tiger which was pregnant died from severe head injuries after being hit by the MPV.
Photo: Bernama file photo

Malaysia: Tiger hit by MPV was from the jungle, says Terengganu Wildlife Department
7th February 2016;

The Terengganu Wildlife Department has confirmed that the Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) which was hit by a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) at Km321.2 of the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 (LPT2) in Kemaman yesterday was from the wild, and did not escape from a zoo nearby.

Its director Mohd Hasdi Husin, when contacted by Bernama here today, said based on an autopsy, the Tiger which was pregnant died from severe head injuries after being hit by the MPV.

He said another autopsy would be carried out by the department soon to determine the background and the original habitat of the Tiger, which weighed about 100 kilogrammes.

In the 1 am incident, the Tiger was trying to cross the expressway when it was hit by an MPV heading from Kuala Lumpur towards Kuala Terengganu.

Source: The Rakyat Post

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Malaysia: Malayan Nature Society takes authorities to task for Tiger road death
Malaysian Nature Society calls for highway planners to take safety of wildlife into account
6th February 2016;

The Malaysian Nature Society has taken highway planners to task after an adult Tiger was killed in a road accident while it was crossing the East Coast Highway II at 1am on Friday.

MNS president Henry Goh said the Tiger’s death should serve as a reminder that wildlife safety should be included in the master plan of a highway.

“Each time before a highway is built, due consideration should be given to ensure that the safety of wildlife is a part in the master plan,” he said in a statement.

Goh suggested that other agencies such as the Wildlife and Parks Department, Perhilitan, and conservation societies be involved in the planning stage of a highway.

He said the safety of other wildlife in the East Coast was also under threat as the LPT2 highway passes through forests.

“LPT2 cuts through the heartland of primary forests which are habitats to other animals such as the Tapir (Tapirus indicus), Civets (F. Viverridae) and many others.”

The Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni), found only in the Peninsula and southern Thailand, is Malaysia’s national symbol and is featured on the federation coat-of-arms.

However, the Tiger is listed as “critically endangered”, with only an estimated 250 breeding individuals alive, as a result of poaching and loss of habitat from logging, road construction, and conversion of forests to agriculture or commercial plantations.

Source: Free Malaysia Today

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A post-mortem on the Tiger killed by a vehicle on the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 (LPT2) this morning revealed that the Tiger was pregnant.

Malaysia: Tiger killed on LPT2 was pregnant
By Zarina Abdullah, 6th February 2016;

A post-mortem on the Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) killed by a vehicle on the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 (LPT2) this morning revealed that the Tiger was pregnant.

State Wildlife and National Parks Department director Mohd Hasri Hussin said the post-mortem was held at the department’s office in Hulu Terengganu by its veterinary officer, at around noon.

“Two foetuses were found in the carcass during the post mortem. The Tiger suffered serious internal injuries during the crash,” he said when contacted.

Mohd Hasri said the carcass will be sent to the department’s head office later tonight.

The case will be handed over to the police for further action.

Earlier today, the Tiger was killed after being hit by an MPV at KM321.2 of the LPT2 .

Four people, including the driver of the MPV escaped unharmed .

Source: New Straits Times

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Photos: The Malaysian Insider and The Borneo Post

Malaysia: Tiger Hit By MPV On LPT2 Dies
6th February 2016;

An adult Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) hit by a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) at KM 321.2 of the East Coast Expressway 2 (LPT2), here succumbed to injuries early this morning.

The incident was believed to have occurred at about 1.00 am as the Tiger tried to cross the road before it was hit by the Kuala Terengganu-bound MPV from Kuala Lumpur.

State Public Order and Traffic chief, Supt Kamaluddin Mohamad who confirmed the incident said the driver and three passengers in the vehicle were unhurt.

He also advised LPT 2 road users to be cautious when driving along the highway especially at night, as it was common for wild animals to wander onto the road.

“Watch out for animals such as Deer (F. Cervidae), Tapir (Tapirus indicus), Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) as well as Goats (Capra hircus), Cows (Bos taurus) and Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) which roam the area,” he said when contacted by Bernama today.

Meanwhile the Tiger’s carcass was handed over to the Wildlife Department for further action.

Source: Bernama

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Post-mortem on the Tiger killed in a road accident at the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 this morning has revealed that she is pregnant.

Source: A Fortress Of Fur Facebook

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Photos from social media of the Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) that was killed by a vehicle along the East Coast Highway 2 (LPT2).

Source: Siakap Keli Facebook and Daily Traffic Report Facebook

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Malaysia: Malayan Tiger killed on East Coast Highway was pregnant

By Patrick Lee, 6th February 2016;

The Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) that was killed on the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 (LPT2) was pregnant, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) confirmed.

Perhilitan Terengganu director Mohd Hasdi Husin told The Star that a post-mortem performed on the Tiger found two dead fetuses.

“There were two fetuses about two months old, outside the uterus, which was broken because of the accident,” he said over the phone on Saturday.

“I am very, very sad. Next time, hopefully this kind of accident will not happen again,” he added.

Mohd Hasdi said the Tiger suffered massive internal injuries and that its liver was ruptured and its hind legs broken.

He also added that the Tiger may have been 10 to 15-years-old.

The area where the Tiger was tragically killed, he said was near a forest reserve.

Images on social media spread earlier Saturday supposedly showing two Tiger fetuses being taken out of its body.

The Tiger was hit by a car heading to Kuala Terengganu at about midnight. It died on the spot.

Source: The Star

Malaysia: Malayan Tiger killed on East Coast Highway was pregnant

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Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) removed the Tiger’s body at about 3 am.

Malayan Tiger killed crossing East Coast Expressway
By Patrik Lee, 6th February 2016;

A Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) was killed crossing the East Coast Expressway Phase 2 (LPT2) at about midnight.

The Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) confirmed that a car bound for Kuala Terengganu hit the tiger near the 321km highway mark.

“It happened last night, roughly around midnight, at the section near Paka to Kerteh,” MHA director-general Datuk Ismail Md Salleh told The Star on Saturday.

He said the place where the Tiger died cut through a forest reserve there.

Malaysia is home to the Malayan Tiger, a critically endangered species with only about 250 to 340 left in the wild.

He added that fences had been put up along the highway to prevent this sort of thing from happening.

Ismail said the MHA, which was currently in charge of the highway, was going to check and see if there were any damaged fences there.

Posts on social media this morning showed a dead Tiger lying by the side of a road.

Though the person who hit the Tiger was not identified, a picture on social media suggests that they might have been driving an MPV at the time.

Ismail added that the area was also prone to cattle crossing the road, and he advised motorists not to drive very fast there.

He added that the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) remove the Tiger’s body at about 3 am.

Source: The Star

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Indonesia: Two Sumatran Tigers Rendered Crippled by Trap

27th January 2016;

Two wounded Sumatran Tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) were found in a production forest in Mukomuko regency, Bengkulu, Indonesia. The wounds were suspected to be caused by traps set up by hunters.

The Head of Criminal Unit, AKP Welman Feri, stated to the press that the Chief of Mukomuko Police Department, AKBP Andhika Vishnu, has directly observed the Tigers’ condition through camera trap recordings owned by PT Sifef Biodiversity Indonesia, and it was apparent that Toth tigers are crippled.

Welman added that both crippled Tigers most likely got injured from trying to escape hunter traps, which made them lose their legs. However, the police cannot yet confirm the fact because the recordings are the only evidence. The camera traps were set up by PT Sifef Biodiversity Indonesia who is running a restoration project in the nearby state forest.

In addition, the company workers also claimed to have found lots of traps, which they assume were set up to catch Tigers within production forests and concessions.

“We do not know the total number yet, but it was a lot,” said Welman.

The amount of Tiger traps in the forest proves that Tiger poaching is still taking place in Mukomuko.

The police have arrested two poachers and dealers, also confiscated Tiger skin and organs. Other suspects are still under investigation. Mukomuko Police Department will continue the monitoring to prevent any more poaching around the regency.

Source: ProFauna

Indonesia: Two Sumatran Tigers Rendered Crippled by Trap